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Green Youth Chair Faces Calls to Apologize Over 'ACAB' Pullover

Having disavowed wearing the pullover as a protest, Nietzard continues to focus on systemic faults in police institutions.

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Jette Nietzard, Vorsitzende der Grünen Jugend.
Jette Nietzard, Sprecherin der Grünen Jugend
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Overview

  • On May 24, Jette Nietzard posted an Instagram story showing herself in an 'ACAB' (All Cops Are Bastards) pullover and an 'Eat the Rich' cap on her way to the Bundestag.
  • Lawmakers from the Green Party and other parties, along with police unions, condemned the slogan as inflammatory and demanded a formal apology.
  • In a Stern podcast interview, Nietzard said she regretted choosing the pullover to highlight policing issues and called it the wrong approach.
  • Nietzard maintains her critique targets structural problems such as lack of police transparency and alleged systemic racism rather than individual officers.
  • Green Party figures including Cem Özdemir and Felix Banaszak have distanced themselves from her remarks, and Bavaria’s interior minister has called for a public apology.