The production of an attacker: Emrah Kara and the shooting of the mentally ill
January 30, 2014 — Comment Written by Eddie Bruce-Jones The shooting of a mentally ill man by a German special police unit, and his subsequent media vilification, echoes the deaths of vulnerable groups at the hands of the police in the UK and elsewhere. Emrah Kara lived at home with his mother in Holzminden, a small city in the German state of Lower Saxony. Emrah had been suffering from schizophrenia for some time and had been taking medication to manage its effects. He had recently gone off his medication and his behaviour changed. The change had become difficult for him…