I only half-believe this was actually said, for this reason: If you wanted to blow up Merkel’s refugee policy, you could not write a single more effective line to do it.

But two respected German papers, Bild and Spiegel, obtained the leaked police report claiming that it really was said. Assuming that report is accurate, there were refugees among the degenerates who assaulted scores of women at the train station in Cologne on New Year’s Eve.

[T]he leaked police report, published in Bild newspaper and Spiegel, a news magazine, claims that one of those involved told officers: “I am Syrian. You have to treat me kindly. Mrs. Merkel invited me.”

Another tore up his residence permit before the eyes of police, and told them: “You can’t do anything to me, I can get a new one tomorrow.”

The Express newspaper quoted an unnamed police officer who said his squad had detained several people who had “only been in Germany for a few weeks.”

“Of these people, 14 were from Syria and one was from Afghanistan. That’s the truth. Although it hurts,” he said.

City officials were eager to say a few days ago that there was no evidence refugees were part of the mob in Cologne. Their own police apparently had reason to think differently. See now why Germans are screaming about politically motivated cover-ups?

Spiegel has published an English-language version of its story on the police report. A lot of people are going to get off scot free, and not just because Merkel’s open-door policy needs to be vindicated at all costs:

Read the article “Suspect in Cologne Sex Attacks: ‘I Am Syrian. You Have to Treat Me Kindly. Mrs. Merkel Invited Me.’” on hotair.com.