Tom 14021 Posted April 14, 2007 Share Posted April 14, 2007 German army in 'racist video' row The German army has faced a series of scandals in recent years A video aired on German TV has shown an army recruit on firing practice being ordered to pretend he was in New York's Bronx facing hostile African Americans. In the grainy 90-second video, the instructor tells the soldier to swear as he fires his gun. US civil rights leader, Al Sharpton, said it was outrageous to depict blacks as "target practice". New York officials say they are saddened and frustrated that the Bronx district is depicted so negatively. "Clearly these folks don't know anything about African-Americans or the Bronx," said Bronx borough president Adolfo Carrion Jnr, who recently returned from a trip to Germany to promote tourism to the district. He has demanded an apology from the Germany military over the clip. Skulls During the filmed training session, an instructor tells the soldier: "You're in the Bronx, a black van pulls up in front of you and three African-Americans get out and start really insulting your mother... act!". The soldier then fires his gun several times and shouts obscenities in English, as the instructor encourages him to curse even louder. The clip was filmed in a forest in July 2006, near the barracks of the northern German town of Rendsburg . The German army said it has been aware of the video since January and was investigating it. It is the latest in a series of scandals to hit the German military. A group of 18 army instructors are on trial in the country accused of abusing and humiliating recruits during training in 2004. Last year, German newspapers published images of German soldiers serving in Afghanistan posing with skulls. BBC.CO.UK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lazarus 0 Posted April 15, 2007 Share Posted April 15, 2007 Blatently one step away from invading Poland..... ......again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinofbeans 91 Posted April 15, 2007 Share Posted April 15, 2007 that would be easier now that 1.3 million poles are over here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeordieMessiah 2 Posted April 15, 2007 Share Posted April 15, 2007 that would be easier now that 1.3 million poles are over here. Oh! Is THAT why there's so many pole dancing places sprung up all over the place recently, then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isegrim 10049 Posted April 15, 2007 Share Posted April 15, 2007 Ah, come on, at least they called them African-Americans... I've strangely not heard anything about this "scandal" over here so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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