Overview

• Early Friday, prosecutors and the Hesse LKA searched four police stations and 21 homes tied to 17 officers, seizing phones and data for forensic review.
• Hesse’s interior minister launched disciplinary cases for all suspects, imposed six immediate service bans, and ordered the 1st precinct’s leadership replaced.
• Investigators say six male detainees were unlawfully harmed during or after arrests between February and April 2025, with multiple incidents captured on video.
• Several officers allegedly opened resistance or assault cases against five of the detainees to retroactively justify the force used.
• The misconduct was first flagged internally and assigned to the LKA to avoid conflicts of interest, and authorities report no extremist motive so far.