Hier spricht die Polizei

The work of werkgruppe2 is dedicated to exposing the social realities of people who are confronted with prejudices in various ways. Their highly acclaimed and much-noticed work "Arbeiterinnen / Pracujace kobiety", which movingly portrayed the challenging lives of working-class women in the Ruhr region and Poland, was shown at the Ruhrfestspiele in 2021.

In their new project "This is the Police Speaking", werkgruppe2 takes a look at society's perception of the police as an institution. In this day and age, physical coercion can only be legitimately exercised by few people: first and foremost by police officers, who embody the state's monopoly on the use of force. To this end, the police can even encroach on the fundamental constitutional rights of citizens. It is therefore hardly surprising that police violence is a highly controversial topic that has recently been the subject of heated debates during operations such as the eviction of the occupied village of Lützerath. In the recent past, cases of police officers involved in right-wing networks have caused an uproar in the media. Nevertheless, police officers enjoy an extremely high level of trust in large parts of society.