Thugs for Hire: Extremist Security Guards Pose Growing Risk

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from Der Spiegel:



[font size="1"]A 2011 archive photo shows two security guards at a Celtic culture museum in Germany who it was later revealed were connected with a right-wing extremist party.[/font]


The number of employees at German security firms with ties to neo-Nazis is on the rise, posing a risk to public safety. For the time being, background checks on applicants in the sector are woefully inadequate. But calls for tighter controls are getting louder.

As Borussia Dortmund and Schalke, two teams that are part of Germany's Bundesliga professional soccer league, survived a crucial derby in the landmark Signal Iduna Park unscathed last fall, a fan of the traditional club from the Ruhr region was less fortunate and ended up in hospital with a concussion, broken ribs and a bruised jaw.

The Schalke supporter sustained his injuries in a scuffle in the stadium toilets. Police believe his assailant was a Dortmund stadium marshal thought to have posted far-right content on the Internet.

The suspect denies the assault, and the toilets happen to be one of the few areas of the stadium without surveillance cameras. It is therefore his word against the victim's, and ultimately it will be up to a court to determine guilt. ......................(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/the-german-secuity-sector-riddled-with-right-wing-extremists-a-898580.html

[backscatter712]

1. Skinhead rent-a-cops. Nice.

Before long, Germany's gonna look like Maricopa County if they let this go too long.

[Newest Reality]

2. What color are those shirts?

Oh ... tan. Or?

Accidental jackboots on parade?

[backscatter712]

3. They left the swastika armbands at home. n/t

[sarisataka]

4. Coincidence?

They now just Henzel Security. The owner 'did not realize' the name could be compared to Rudolf Hess, Hitler's secretary and #3 in Nazi hierarchy who helped write Mein Kampf

Simple mistake, anyone could have made it