Question 109 of 300Politics in a Democracy

It is not part of a democratic constitutional state that ...

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people can criticise the government.
Citizens are allowed to demonstrate peacefully.
people are arrested by a private police force without reason.
someone commits a crime and is arrested for it.

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Correct answer to question 51: people are arrested by a private police force without reason.

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In a constitutional state, only the state has the monopoly on the use of force; arbitrary arrests by a private police force would be unlawful and violate the liberty rights guaranteed in Articles 2 and 104 of the Basic Law.

The question in German, as it appears in the test

Zu einem demokratischen Rechtsstaat gehört es nicht, dass …

Menschen sich kritisch über die Regierung äußern können.
Bürger friedlich demonstrieren gehen dürfen.
Menschen von einer Privatpolizei ohne Grund verhaftet werden.
jemand ein Verbrechen begeht und deshalb verhaftet wird.

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