Overview

• A 37-year-old former officer was convicted of bodily harm in office and coercion after striking a 21-year-old at Alexanderplatz, receiving eleven months’ probation.
• Surveillance video showed multiple forceful punches to the victim’s head that briefly rendered him unconscious after he insulted officers and threw an object.
• Three co-defendant officers were acquitted of complicity and covering up the incident in line with the prosecution’s bid for their clearance.
• The eleven-month suspended sentence closely mirrors the prosecution’s request for a one-year probation term.
• The verdict is not yet legally binding, allowing for potential appeals as part of ongoing scrutiny of police conduct in Germany.