Quote Originally Posted by Redleg
Not a job I envey being a police officer especially when faced with two extreme groups.
And to give the policemen a bit more of a challenge:

Following Thursday's violence, Hamburg Interior Minister Udo Nagel and the police union GdP sharply criticized the decision of a local upper administrative court to invalidate a police order prohibiting the right-wing and left-wing protest marches from coming into direct contact with each other.

"We knew we had to expect violence," Nagel told the mass-circulation daily Bild. "The police had developed a plan, but it was undermined by the court." Nagel described the court's decision as "irresponsible," adding that "the judges didn't just expose police to the worst dangers, but also people who hadn't even participated."
Hamburg Sees Worst Rioting in Years