the so called v mnner of the verfassungsschutz are given leeway in the law. they basically are allowed and encouraged to perform crimes in the attempt to uncover bigger crimes. in reality similar to the fbi they are often the origin of the criminal groups and bring people in and manipulate them to do things they would without them have never done. the verfassungsschutz is not independent and directly controlled by the ministry of the seating government. it has in recent years been used to oppress and discredit the biggest real opposition party the afd. so for example in an interview one of the groups leaders mentioned how it is not only the verfassungsschutz responsibility to keep the afd down. meaning to say he believed it to be the responsibility of the verfassungsschutz to keep them down, but that they need others help. the leadership are also not independent people, but members of the current governments parties. whenever afd is high in a you can expect the verfassungsschutz to come out and publically declare the local wing of the afd in that area to be certified right extremist within two weeks. i court the verfassungsschutz refuse to even declare to them why they are supposedly right extremist and how the judgment for that certification came to be.
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