PRIORITIES: “Berlin police say they’ve raided 10 residences in the German capital in a crackdown against far-right hate speech on social media.” [archive]

Police spokesman Michael Gassen said Wednesday the morning raids involved nine suspects who used Facebook, Twitter and other social networks to spread hate. He says authorities want to emphasize “the Internet is not a law-free zone” and that if illegal speech is posted “it won’t be without consequences.”

The suspects, identified as men between 22 and 58, are alleged to have posted anti-migrant messages, anti-Semitic messages and songs with banned lyrics, among other things. They face possible fines if found guilty.

(“Anti-Semitic messages”? Why is that?)

Also related, from February: Berlin Train Station Becomes Migrant Crime Hub. [archive]

Related, from October 2015: Germany: Migrant Crime Wave, Police Capitulate. [archive]

In Berlin, a classified police report leaked to the German newspaper, Bild, revealed [archive] that a dozen Arab clans hold reign over the city’s criminal underworld. The report says the clans, which are dedicated to dealing drugs, robbing banks and burglarizing department stores, run a “parallel justice system” in which they resolve disputes among themselves with mediators from other crime families. If the German state gets involved, the clans use cash payments or threats of violence to influence witnesses.

Separately, a politically incorrect police report leaked to the German newspaper, Der Tagesspiegel, revealed [archived] that more than 80% of the violent crimes registered in Berlin are committed by non-Germans.

At the same time, thousands of police officers in Berlin are no longer being allowed to carry guns because of cuts [archive] to the budget for mandatory firearms training.

Earlier: No-Go Zones: German Police Admit To Losing Control Of Immigrant ‘Problem Neighbourhoods’.