A student wanted to draw attention to the double standards in dealing with hatred towards Jews – now he is facing criminal proceedings.
Wednesday morning, student David Duhme’s doorbell rings and police officers are standing there. They explain to him that he is a defendant in proceedings for the use of symbols of unconstitutional and terrorist organisations. Duhme had published a caricature on social media in which he highlighted the double standards in dealing with various forms of eliminatory hatred of Jews.
The message summarised: If Nazis want to exterminate Jews, that’s terrible; if Hamas terrorists want the same, many on the left are happy to support it.
Because he had used the swastika symbol in the caricature he published on X, the police came to his home.
The NIUS portal asked the Berlin public prosecutor’s office who initiated the proceedings. A spokesperson responded that “the proceedings were initiated by the Federal Criminal Police Office on the basis of the Network Enforcement Act (NetzDG)”. It is currently unclear whether the post was reported by another X user under the Network Enforcement Act.
Durchsuchungsbeschluss! David bekam Polizeibesuch, weil er eine Karikatur postete | NIUS.de