The German censor-ship task force (yes there is a task force to monitor and remove posts) was in full swing on Facebook and Twitter removing facebook and twitter blogs from people that were posting from the situation. Below is a example of one of the posts that was removed.
"I am appalled over the horrific scenes played out in the Cologne Central Station yesterday.
Women were weeping after being sexually assaulted [several times] and attacked by the crowd, who also repeatedly attacked the police [as well]. The elderly people were overwhelmed and anxious, and thousands of young, drunken, Arabic-speaking men treated women as if they were “free game.” When the girls defended themselves, the [Arabs] became aggressive and insulting (but because of the [Arab] numbers, the [girls] could not properly defend themselves).
Some will now say that all this is not true, but I stood in the middle of it, holding my girlfriend’s hand, but even that did not stop them grabbing her dress over and over again. She is still terrified by the events and is afraid that someday she will have to go through such a scene alone."
Even better check out the official Police reports from there webpages.
The relevant part of the official police report, dated January 1, 2016, and timed at 08:57—went as follows:
Shortly before midnight, the station forecourt in the area of the stairway to the cathedral had to be evacuated by uniformed officers in order to prevent a stampede caused by the firing of pyrotechnic munitions by about 1000 revelers. Despite the unplanned celebration break, the situation was relaxed, because the police were well placed at critical locations and showed their presence.
Cologne police backtrack and issue a statement—dated January 5, 2016—which fully admitted that the events had not in any way been “relaxed” as they had earlier alleged.
The January 5 Cologne police statement read as follows—and it is valuable to compare this to their January 1 statement:
After the massive attacks on New Year’s Eve at the Cologne main station forecourt, the number of criminal charges has now increased to 90. The police had already set up an investigation team for these offenses in Cologne on Saturday (January 2nd). The extent of the offenses extend from theft to sexual offenses. In one case, the detectives are investigating allegations of rape.
