Overview

• Baden-Württemberg’s Winfried Kretschmann and MP Cem Özdemir publicly urged Jette Nietzard to leave the party after she posted an Instagram Story wearing an “ACAB” sweater.
• Federal co-chair Felix Banaszak deemed the slogan “unacceptable” and said he prefers internal dialogue over demanding her resignation.
• Nietzard told a Stern podcast she rejects blanket anti-police sentiment and criticizes the system behind policing while insisting she will not step down before her term ends in October.
• Berlin MP Katrin Schmidberger warned that senior figures’ public pressure risks playing into right-wing narratives and undermines internal conflict resolution.
• Michael Labetzke, a Bremen Green and Bundespolizist, called the backlash excessive and urged a return to fact-based policy discussions on policing.