Fine for insult: policeman insulted as an anti -Semite!

Fine for insult: policeman insulted as an anti -Semite!

In a scandalous incident in Bad Hersfeld, a 65-year-old woman was sentenced to a fine of 1,050 euros for insulting a police officer. The judge Adriana Schellenberger decided that the accused the police officer during an assignment on January 10, 2022 with the provocative question "Are you anti -Semite?" insulted when he wanted to control the distance rules in an ice cream parlor. The official was visibly shocked by the statement that fell in a tense context.

The defendant wore a tallit that evening, a Jewish prayer scarf, and tried to emphasize their religious belonging by a member card of the "early-Christian-Jewish community of Fulda-Mitte e.v." presented. She believed that religious assemblies were allowed during the then Corona measures. But that didn't matter in finding the judgment; The question was whether there was an insult. Prosecutor Kim Jara Wagner affirmed this and even called for a higher fine of 1,225 euros.

Legal dispute remains exciting

The judgment is not yet final, and it remains to be seen whether the proceedings at the district court in Fulda will be reopened. In the auditorium, which was visited by around 20 supporters of the accused, the possibility of a calling with skepticism was commented on. Already at the first day of the trial on October 9, numerous supporters had been in the courtroom, and passers -by were informed about the procedure before the district court. The friends of the accused spoke of the right to base and punishment in office, which only reinforced the heated atmosphere.