Mohamed Amjahid

Racist and anti-Semitic police chats, abuse of power, racial profiling, widespread right-wing extremist networks, lethal police violence – according to interior ministries and security authorities, these are all just isolated cases. But based on representative studies, years of investigative research and personal experiences, Mohamed Amjahid reveals how deeply rooted the police problem is in Germany's security architecture. From the systematic cover-up of abuse of power to NSU 2.0: this book shakes the basic trust in the police as an institution and calls for an honest debate about the police problem. Mohamed Amjahid's reading at Kampnagel contributes an often neglected building block to the thematic focus on the culture of remembrance, traces continuities of violence and sets a critical counterpoint to national celebrations on the Day of German Unity.

Mohamed Amjahid, born in Frankfurt am Main in 1988, is a freelance journalist and author. He writes for ZEITmagazin, Der Spiegel and WDR, among others. Amjahid has been honoured with the Alexander Rhomberg Prize, the Stern Prize and the German Audiobook Prize. Amjahid has received much attention for his books “Unter Weißen” and “Der weiße Fleck”. He lives in Berlin.