After a home search of writer and media scientist Norbert Bolz, Green Party chief Ricarda Lang sharply criticized the investigative measures. Although she considers Bolz’s statements to be false, she referred to as the raid “absurd.”
Green Party politician Ricarda Lang has defended writer Norbert Bolz, whose house was searched in a police raid. Although she considers Bolz’s statements to be “completely politically wrong”, she referred to as “such raids” “absurd”. Lang wrote this on Platform
Bolz additionally works as an writer for WELT. WELT had made the searches identified. According to Bolz’s lawyer Joachim Steinhöfel, the background is a tweet from January 2024 by which Bolz wrote: “Good translation of woke: Germany awake!”
WELT writer Bolz commented on the operation on platform
Bolz referred to an article within the left-wing day by day newspaper “Taz” with the title “AfD ban and Höcke petition: Germany is awakening”. Shortly after publication, the newspaper apparently modified the title of the article, which is now titled “Get out of the faint.”
According to the general public prosecutor’s workplace, the tip got here from a reporting middle towards hate speech on the Internet. They knowledgeable the Central Reporting Office for Criminal Content on the Internet on the Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) – and so they then forwarded the case to Berlin due to Bolz’s place of residence. The public prosecutor’s workplace mentioned no additional info may very well be offered “to protect the investigation.”
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https://www.welt.de/politik/deutschland/article68fa5facc014c78e37fb791f/ricarda-lang-springt-norbert-bolz-zur-seite-hausdurchsuchung-absurd.html