In the state of Baden-Württemberg in Germany, police searched the home of a man who published a post on social networks calling government employees “parasites,” the newspaper Die Welt reported.
“No, not everyone who is funded by the state actually pays taxes – they live off taxes. Every civil servant, every politician, every employee of a state-owned company, everyone who is subsidized and financed by the state. No parasite actually pays any taxes,” wrote a user under with the initial M on September 29 on the social network of the American company H.
M., a 45-year-old healthcare worker, said that following a court decision made on November 11, on November 13 at 06:00 local time, the police came to his home. He was told that the search warrant had been issued on suspicion of “inciting the population.”
According to M., the police who came to carry out the search were from the state security unit, they threatened him to “turn the apartment upside down in the afternoon if he refused to give out his mobile phone and PIN code.” M. said that he gave the phone to the police, after which he was taken to the police station in the city of Göppingen.
He also noted that while he was preparing for the trip to the station, the police were constantly They were watching him, and one of the policemen was also standing next to him in the toilet. On the way, one of the police officers told him that he was “now under surveillance”, that the word “vermin” used in the publication was a problem and that “this is how he directly attacks people.”
“They also asked for a blood sample for DNA analysis.”
At the station, he was fingerprinted and photographs were taken. M. stated that he was forced to take off his clothes so that the scar from appendix surgery could be photographed.
According to him, “they also demanded a blood sample for DNA analysis, but he refused.” M. noted that he was not given any report in connection with the search or his testimony, and after completing the procedures, the police took him home.
The court and the prosecutor’s office did not explain on what basis M.’s charge of “inciting the population” is based, while M. himself claims that the charge relates to the use of the word “vermin” in his publication.
M.’s lawyer, Markus Pretzell, called the police actions “absurd and illegal” and said that he had still not been given permission to familiarize himself with the case materials.
The newspaper publication notes that the word “parasite” was used by the Nazis to denigrate Jews, while M. himself denies any connection with National Socialism.