Anti-immigrant Militia Formed By Düsseldorf Residents

After attacks on women committed in Cologne on New Year’s eve the inhabitants of Düsseldorf decided to organize patrols to protect the cities from migrants, reported on Friday Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.

For this purpose the activists created a group on Facebook, which, according to the publication, already has more than 3.3 thousand members. The description of the group noted that members must patrol the streets of Düsseldorf on weekends and during major events, to “show their presence” and make “the city safer for our women.”

Meanwhile, local police is skeptical with regard to the activists. “The monopoly on power belongs to the state (…) Criminal prosecution is not a function of citizens”, — said a spokesman for the Dusseldorf police.

“T-online” notes that at the moment the group on Facebook is made up of a large number of radicalized citizens, but this is not the first attempt by the right to pit the society against migrants.

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