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But policemen are not an issue outside of the us, that german blahaj is fine!
While "Die Polizei" as an institution is not AS bad as the US equivalent (and honestly, that would be quite a high bar), the institutional group-dynamics are strongly moving in the same direction and have attracted a (not really) suprising amount of authoritarian conservative or right-out right-wing people into their ranks, strengthening an inherent institutional anti-left, anti-immigrant and anti-poor bias.
It's not quite the same issue as in the US, (for example our Polizei get a great education in de-escalation and handling people without the use of force) but the institutionalized sentiments are increasingly dangerous and problematic.
What about reporting police abuse? I am a fellow Europoor and I feel that here if you reported a patrol it'd get taken quite seriously (or it would become a political scandal if it didn't).
Police violence charges are usually dropped due to "lack of public interest" (which can be applied to pretty much any crime at the discretion of the responsible prosecutor) and/or the police officers you allege to have abused you will sue you for defamation. Usually it's both.
So another police office will decide whether to believe you or their fellow police officer?