MP allegedly greeted a party colleague at German parliament building ‘with a heel click and a Hitler salute’

MP allegedly greeted a party colleague at German parliament building ‘with a heel click and a Hitler salute’

Berlin prosecutors say they have charged a member of the far-right Alternative für Deutschland party with making a Nazi salute in parliament.

The suspect allegedly “greeted a party colleague … at the east entrance to the Reichstag building with a heel click and a Hitler salute” in June 2023, the prosecutors said in a statement issued on Monday.

Making such a salute is illegal in Germany and is punishable by up to three years in prison.

The newspaper Bild named the politician as Matthias Moosdorf, 60, a member of parliament for Zwickau in the former East German state of Saxony.

  • arrow74@lemmy.zipEnglish
    10·
    29 days ago

    Germany abolished the death penalty and for good reason.

    You should never give the state the right to execute its own citizens

      • arrow74@lemmy.zipEnglish
        6·
        28 days ago

        Just because you’re not willing to kill someone doesn’t mean you’re tolerating their behavior.

        This is quite literally a post about this guy being charged with a crime. If he’s in prison for 3 years that’s going to derail his politics.

        The state could also ban the AFD and probably should.

        We don’t have to jump straight to capital punishment

        • StinkyFingerItchyBum@lemmy.caEnglish
          32·
          28 days ago

          A very reasonable take, in unreasonable times.

          The state could also ban the AFD and probably should.

          I guarentee they will regret not having done so sooner.