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January 3, 2018

German Police Press for Incitement Charge Against Far-Right Lawmaker
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In Germany, police have asked a prosecutor to investigate a lawmaker
with the far-right Af D party on charges of "incitement to hatred,"
after she posted an Islamophobic and racist comment on social media.
Beatrix von Storch, a member of parliament with the anti-immigrant
Alternative for Germany party, was criticizing a local police department
for tweeting a New Year's greeting in Arabic. Her tweet, translated from
German, reads, "What the hell is going on in this country? Why is an
official police site tweeting in Arabic? Are they trying to appease the
barbarian, Muslim, gang-raping male hordes?" Von Storch's account was
later suspended. In September, her party won 94 out of 709 seats in
Germany's parliament.


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