Avalanche of criticism to German police after Muslim child forcefully removed from family

German authorities have been facing an avalanche of criticism since a viral video displayed a Muslim immigrant child brutally being taken away from his family in the city of Bremerhaven.

The video showed police and child protection agency officers entering a house, and aggressively taking a little boy from his family, while the intimidated child was shouting for help and trying to resist the officers.

Family members said that the little boy had some health issues and that he should not be taken away from them.

Social media users said earlier that the police took away the child from his Muslim family “after his school reported that the family was teaching the child that transgenderism and LGBT stuff isn’t accepted in Islam.”

Many social media users on Friday criticized the police for misconduct and accused the youth welfare office of unjustly taking their children from their parents.

The police told reporters that, “Taking children into care is always the last resort, and only happens for serious reasons. We cannot give any further explanations about the basis of this decision to protect the family and children.”