I really doubt the problems here come down to some attempt at evading accusations of racism.
Please go to the streets in Berlin where both families reside. Police are everywhere, people are stopped frequently, people who happen to have the same (very common Arabic) last names are questioned all the time. It really isn't the case that the police is trying to keep some anti-racist PR up.
The issue here is that the laws are quite limited. Till a few years ago the authorities weren't even able to freeze accounts of people involved in these groups. Even now most of these cases are treated as singular even if the ties to organized crime are more than obvious. The issue here really isn't some attempt at not appearing racist, it's that often times the hands of the police are tied or that the star-lawyers (how do they afford them, wink wink?) hired by the accused get them more lenient sentences on total bureaucratic technicalities. Also - frankly - Berlin's government is pretty incompetent. Things are changing, albeit slowly.
Please go to the streets in Berlin where both families reside. Police are everywhere, people are stopped frequently, people who happen to have the same (very common Arabic) last names are questioned all the time. It really isn't the case that the police is trying to keep some anti-racist PR up.
The issue here is that the laws are quite limited. Till a few years ago the authorities weren't even able to freeze accounts of people involved in these groups. Even now most of these cases are treated as singular even if the ties to organized crime are more than obvious. The issue here really isn't some attempt at not appearing racist, it's that often times the hands of the police are tied or that the star-lawyers (how do they afford them, wink wink?) hired by the accused get them more lenient sentences on total bureaucratic technicalities. Also - frankly - Berlin's government is pretty incompetent. Things are changing, albeit slowly.