German Police Use Scent Tracking To Keep Tabs On Protesters

German Police Use Scent Tracking To Keep Tabs On Protesters

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German authorities are using scent tracking to keep tabs on possibly violent protesters against next month's Group of Eight summit - a tactic that is drawing comparisons with the methods of former East Germany's secret police.

Scent samples have been taken from an undisclosed number of people believed to be a possible danger to the upcoming summit so that police dogs can pick out the perpetrators if there is violence.

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Some of the most powerful men in the world must be intimidated by the resistance. Preemptive raids, increased border security, and an $18 million dollar fence all in preparation of a single meeting of the G8.

I cant wait to see what does happen. I expect to see police using force to keep order. The usual outrage. But, likely, nothing reactive; unfortunately.


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I was just going to say that's so Stasi like of them. I was just reading about this again recently. Everything old is new again.