(TRUNEWS) The founder of PEGIDA has been found guilty of hate speech by a court in Dresden, Germany.
Lutz Bachman of Patriotic Europeans Against the Islamization of the West was given a fine for inciting hate speech or “sedition” against migrants, which is defined as conduct or speech inciting people to rebel against the authority of a state or monarch.
On his Facebook page, Bachman called some refugees “brutes” and “scum”, according to Breitbart.
The prosecutor, Tobias Uhlemann wanted Bachman to spend seven months behind bars, but the defense said there was not enough evidence. Katja Reichel claimed the posts were manipulated and that the Facebook account was private and did not fit the definition of public hate speech.
Uhlemann argued Bachman admitted to the posts and should, therefore, face punishment.
Bachmann has been a strong opponent of German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s pro-immigrant policies. Earlier this year he posted a picture of himself on social media wearing a shirt that read “rapefugees not welcome”. It was in response to the mass sexual assaults that occurred at a Cologne train station on New Year’s Eve, as reported by TRUNEWS.
In 2014, refugees in Germany committed more than 200,000 crimes, according to The Express. Eighteen percent of the crimes were assaults and robberies. In 2015, there were 1,688 sexual offenses reported, including 458 rapes. The Cologne assaults were not included in those figures.
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