In 2010, the Schleswig-Holstein State Criminal Police Office partially suppressed exculpatory testimony in favor of two accused rockers and used every means at its disposal to prevent the investigating officers from recording it in full in the case file and testifying in court. All of this served to protect an informant whose identity should not have been protected under the law.
This German “rocker affair” (“Rocker-Affäre”) was investigated by a committee of inquiry which published its findings, but omitted key information. We already leaked an internal report from the Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania State Criminal Police Office, dated 19/04/2012, which reveals the identity of the police informer.
There is, however, another secret report on the investigation of a special envoy (Klaus Buß) appointed by then Minister of the Interior Hans-Joachim Grote, who has in the meantime been dismissed. The report, dated 28/03/2018, reveals the findings on wrongdoings by the police and the ministry, and contains recommendations which have been withheld from public scrutiny so far.