Hier spricht die Polizei

In the organizer's words:

"It is not an appeal to cynicism to say that violence can sometimes be necessary - it is a recognition of history, the imperfection of man and the limits of reason."

The police embody the state's monopoly on the use of force like no other institution and are therefore the only ones authorized to exercise physical coercion. To do so, they can encroach on the fundamental rights of citizens protected by the constitution. It is therefore no wonder that police violence in particular is always a controversial issue, which is also nourished by left-wing stereotypes and has recently been the subject of massive debate during operations such as the evacuation of the occupied village of Lützerath. Nevertheless, police officers enjoy a great deal of trust among large sections of the population. This ambivalent perception will be explored in the research-based project by werkgruppe2.
The werkgruppe2 collective consists of director Julia Roesler, dramaturge Silke Merzhäuser and musician and composer Insa Rudolph. In their work, they take a deliberately monoperspective approach to complex social issues in order to tell the social reality of people who belong to minorities, are marginalized or are confronted with prejudice in other ways. After a thorough phase of research work, a text is created that is composed of documentary and fictional components and is developed by werkgruppe2 with professional actors in film and theater.