Boris Palmer said because of the constraint

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NOTAfter confronting a student, Tübingen mayor Boris Palmer (Greens) was charged with coercion. The 32-year-old student's mate lodged a complaint Wednesday night, a police spokesman said Thursday.

In mid-November, Palmer advised a student arguing late in the evening in the center of Tübingen. According to the mayor, the man had insulted him and had also acted loudly and aggressively. Then he wanted to record the personal details of the man because of the disturbance of the nocturnal sleep. According to the 33-year-old student, Palmer harbaded him, along with his mate, and photographed them.

The 32-year-old companion told the press agency on Thursday that she had voted in advance with the student during the advertisement. "If he had not had Boris Palmer, I would have called the police that night." The meeting was very disturbing and unpleasant for her. "I should have pushed him back to escape the situation."

The lawyer sees Palmer right

Palmer calmly reacts to the woman's message. According to him, it is based on a false badessment of the legal situation. Unlike a private person, the student and his companion must be identified to him as he is the head of the municipal security service, he said. "I could even use physical restraint, which I gave up of course."

Jurgen Jürgen Fleckenstein sees Palmer on the right. "A mayor is at the head of the local police department," said the city law professor at Kehl University earlier this week. In case of violation of the standards, the police should take the necessary measures to establish the identity of the persons involved. Taking pictures is also possible in this context, continued Fleckenstein. Palmer for complicity, considers it extremely difficult.