The taz author of the column “All Cops are disabled” apparently receives massive threatening calls and emails. The editor-in-chief of the newspaper therefore asks the Berlin police for help.
In her “All Cops are disabled” column, taz author Hengameh Yaghoobifarah has been heavily criticized in recent days. Interior Minister Horst Seehofer even considered filing a complaint about “inhuman choice of words”, but then abandoned the project. But the journalist is apparently not only heavily criticized, but also threatened massively. That’s why “Focus“A few days ago, the editor-in-chief and the legal adviser of the newspaper turned to the Berlin police. They are said to have asked for a counseling and security interview in order to better deal with the numerous hostilities against Yaghoobifarah.
The taz editorial team received numerous threatening calls and emails at this time, writes the “Focus”. Some reactions could have been classified as a direct threat to the journalist’s physical well-being. The editor-in-chief of the taz confirmed the “Daily mirror“The request for help to the police. However, this was not done on behalf of Yaghoobifarah as described in the magazine article. Reports that the author asked for police protection are therefore not correct.
Consequential mind game
Yaghoobifarah’s column was about a brain teaser where police officers could work if the police were abolished, but capitalism was not. In the end it said in the text: “I can only think of one suitable option spontaneously: the landfill. Not as a garbage man with keys to houses, but on the heap, where they are really only surrounded by waste. They certainly feel among their kind most comfortable. “
Afterwards, violent criticism came from the professional group of the police and politicians. This was followed by lawsuits against the author and hundreds of complaints to the press council, which is the self-regulation of the press. taz editor-in-chief Barbara Junge expressed her regret. The advertised advertisement also evaluates it as an attack on press freedom – like many other critical voices from the media industry.
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