German army video of ‘blacks in Bronx’ slur deemed ‘totally unacceptable’

THE German Defence Ministry last night said an army instructor’s order to a soldier to imagine being accosted by blacks in New York’s Bronx borough while firing a machine gun was “absolutely unacceptable”.

A video of the incident, which the army said it is investigating, aired on German television Saturday and prompted calls for an apology by the Bronx borough president.

Defence Ministry spokesman Thomas Raabe condemned the episode, but said he believed it was an isolated case.