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> Germans are being arrested for insulting politicians Is there any evidence that they were actually arrested? What I found was that there was an investigation
by barbazoo 1y ago
> Germans are being arrested for insulting politicians
Is there any evidence that they were actually arrested? What I found was that there was an investigation but not that there have been any arrests made.
- etc-hosts 1y agohttps://www.spiegel.de/panorama/justiz/hamburg-wohnungsdurchsuchung-wegen-pimmelgate-war-unrechtmaessig-a-de489269-6589-453f-896f-56e728128cea https://www.spiegel.de/panorama/justiz/hamburg-wohnungsdurch...
- barbazoo 1y agoSounds like the search of the apartment was ruled disproportionate and unlawful. But no arrests were made.
- apparent 1y agoNo one said anyone was arrested. But regardless, the fact that these raids/investigations happened has a strong chilling effect on speech.
- barbazoo 1y ago> No one said anyone was arrested Literally the NYP headline of the article my comment was a response to.
- apparent 1y agoOh sorry, when I said "no one" I meant no one here. You're right that the NYP headline is not accurate, since it only refers to an arrest of an Australian, not any Germans.
- Ekaros 1y agoSo system failed. Arrests should have been made. For everyone involved on side of doing search.
- apparent 1y agoI don't know that there were any arrests, which is why I didn't use the word. Instead I provided the descriptions of what happened to them. Not as bad as arrest, but still pretty frightening that these things could happen as a result of such innocuous comments. It's not like they were calling for violence against the politicians or doxxing their families or something.
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