Editing Renate Künast (section)

===Domestic security===
In October 2015 Künast advised the police officer Tania Kambouri during a talk show that the police should take their shoes off before raids in mosques. Kambouri had published a book about her experience with the rising violence by Muslim men against law enforcement and especially against women.<ref>{{cite news|title=Bizarre Forderung von Plapper-Künast: Polizisten sollen im Einsatz bei Muslimen die Schuhe ausziehen|url=http://www.focus.de/politik/deutschland/irre-gruenen-forderung-bei-maischberger-kuenast-fordert-im-einsatz-bei-muslimen-sollten-polizisten-die-schuhe-ausziehen_id_4997083.html|access-date=21 July 2016|publisher=Focus}}</ref>

In July 2016 Künast posted a Tweet in which she questioned the shooting of an Afghan refugee and ISIS sympathiser who [[2016 Würzburg train attack|severely injured]] five people with an axe. She was criticized for publicly accusing the police of wrongdoing without knowing the details and before the official investigation was started. Members from her party distanced themselves from the statement and said that they trusted the German police.<ref>{{cite news|title=Kritik an Polizei-Schüssen: Künast bereut Würzburg-Tweet - ein bisschen|url=http://www.spiegel.de/politik/deutschland/renate-kuenast-bereut-wuerzburg-tweet-ein-bisschen-a-1103717.html|access-date=21 July 2016|work=Spiegel Online}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Wie Renate Künast ihren Würzburg-Tweet verteidigt|url=https://www.welt.de/vermischtes/article157194670/Wie-Renate-Kuenast-ihren-Wuerzburg-Tweet-verteidigt.html|access-date=21 July 2016|newspaper=Die Welt}}</ref> Police union chief Rainier Wendt called her a "parliamentary smart aleck".<ref>{{cite news|title=German politicians slow to react to Würzburg attack|url=http://www.dw.com/en/german-politicians-slow-to-react-to-w%C3%BCrzburg-attack/a-19410203|access-date=24 July 2016|publisher=Deutsche Welle|date=19 July 2016}}</ref>