In Rheinsberg ermittelt der Staatsschutz wegen Volksverhetzung. Das teilte ein Sprecherin der Polizeidirektion Nord am Dienstag auf Anfrage des rbb mit. Auslöser sind Flugblätter, die in den Briefkästen mehrerer tschetschenischer Flüchtlingsfamilien gelegen hatten. Darauf steht auf Deutsch und Arabisch die Aufforderung, Deutschland zu verlassen. Die Flyer sind von der Gruppe “Ein Prozent” unterzeichnet. Im Juni dieses Jahres gab das Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz bekannt, dass bei diesem Verein, laut Impressum in Sachsen ansässig, “ernst zu nehmende Anhaltspunkte für verfassungsfeindliche Bestrebungen vorlägen”. Die ideologische Ausrichtung, aber auch die Vernetzung ins rechtsextremistische Spektrum, begründe die konsequente Einstufung als Verdachtsfall, sagte Behördenchef Thomas Haldenwang über “Ein Prozent”.
The Belgian government has been urged to investigate the death of a man in police custody after an officer sat on his rib cage for 16 minutes and another apparently made a Nazi salute. Jozef Chovanec, a 38-year old Slovakian citizen, was arrested at Charleroi airport in February 2018 after causing a disturbance while boarding a flight to Bratislava. Taken to a cell, he started banging his head against a wall, causing bleeding. On Wednesday video images emerged showing how he was pinned down in the cell by six police officers. One officer sat on his rib cage for 16 minutes, according to Het Laatse Nieuws, which obtained the footage. The officers laughed “exuberantly” while one danced and made a Nazi salute, according to a doctor’s report. A blanket was over Chovanec’s face for some time. Chovanec died in hospital the following day. His wife, Henrieta Chovancova, has said the killing of George Floyd in the US in May was reminiscent of her husband’s death. “When [the police] saw the blood, they should have given him first aid. Instead they sat on him with so many people. He couldn’t breathe properly,” she said.
siehe auch: Footage Shows Police Officer Giving ‘Nazi Salute’ Before Man Died in Custody. Images of Jozef Chovanec being restrained by police before his death also show an officer sitting on his chest for 16 minutes. Images have emerged of a police officer making what appears to be a Nazi salute while multiple other officers restrain a man who later died in police custody. Slovakian Jozef Chovanec was arrested at Belgium’s Charleroi airport in 2018 after causing a disturbance on his flight. Put in a cell, he began to act erratically, banging his head against a wall until he started to bleed. At this point, officers tried to restrain Chovanec, and video from his cell shows one officer sitting on his rib cage for 16 minutes. The footage, obtained by Belgian newspaper Het Laatse Nieuws, also shows a group of officers laughing and one making a Nazi salute, while appearing to hold her fingers to her face to represent a Hitler moustache. Chovanec was hospitalised after the incident, but fell into a coma and died the following day. An autopsy showed he had not been under the influence of drugs or alcohol, and it is unknown why he was acting erratically; Tödliche Polizeigewalt. Mann stirbt nach Festnahme auf Flughafen im belgischen Charleroi. Beteiligte Polizistin zeigte Hitlergruß. Aufschrei erst nach Videoveröffentlichung. Die belgische Tageszeitung Het Laatste Nieuws (HLN) hat am Mittwoch ein brisantes Video zu einem Fall hochgeladen, der eigentlich als vergessen galt: Jozef Chovanec wollte am 24. Februar 2018 vom Flughafen Brüssel-Charleroi aus ins slowakische Bratislava fliegen, wo seine Frau und seine kleine Tochter auf ihn warteten. Doch der 38jährige starb nach einem brutalen Polizeieinsatz am Flughafen in Belgien
Facebook took down hundreds of pages yesterday in a crackdown on “movements and organizations tied to violence.” Among them was a right-wing militia that rapidly rose to prominence this summer: the New Mexico Civil Guard. Like militias across the country, the group got attention by showing up to protests against police brutality and racism wearing camouflage and carrying rifles to, in their words, protect private property, while claiming to stand against racism as well. As journalists and activists documented various members’ white supremacist tattoos and participation in one organization the Southern Poverty Law Center designates as a hate group, the militia’s founder Bryce Provance sought to distance them from racism and violence in statements to the media.
Hundreds engaged in violent clashes between alt-right and anti-police protesters on Saturday afternoon in downtown Portland. It marked the 86th day of demonstrations in the city. Demonstrators hurled rocks, fireworks, pepper spray and other items at each other. At least one person appeared to pull a gun in an incident that is now being investigated. Shocking video appeared to show a member of the Proud Boys punch a woman viciously to the ground. Yet police did not declare a riot despite admitting that the conditions were there. They said it appeared safer not to intervene as the crowds were ‘willingly engaging’ in violence and they did not have the manpower to deal with the large numbers. Portland police decided not to intervene as violent clashes erupted between alt-right and anti-police protesters Saturday afternoon in the 86th day of demonstrations in the city. Demonstrators hurled rocks and other items at each other and got into fights as images showed what appeared to be hundreds of people involved, many of them wearing helmets and carrying makeshift shields.
“Shame on those who did this,” Justice Minister Eric Dupond-Moretti tweeted. French politicians of all political views roundly condemned graffiti denying the Holocaust that was scrawled on a wall in the village that was the site of the France’s biggest massacre of civilians by the Nazis during World War II on Saturday. The rare display of unity, from French President Emmanuel Macron to the far-left and the far-right, underscored the symbolism of Oradour-sur-Glane as a perpetual reminder of the horrors of Nazi occupation of France. The village has remained untouched since the massacre. (…) Officials in Oradour-Sur-Glane, which is near Limoges in central France, threw up a tarp to cover the graffiti that was discovered Friday. The word “Lie” was scrawled on the wall, along with other graffiti, according to the regional paper Le Populaire du Centre. The inscription “Martyr Village” was crossed out.
siehe auch: Holocaust denial graffitied at site of Nazi massacre in France. Justice minister vows to ‘find and judge’ vandals who defaced Oradour-sur-Glane. Vandals have scrawled graffiti denying the Holocaust on a wall in the village that was the site of the Nazis’ biggest massacre of civilians in France during the second world war.The justice minister vowed on Saturday to bring those responsible to justice. Officials in Oradour-sur-Glane, near Limoges in central France, put up a tarpaulin to cover the graffiti discovered on Friday on the wall at the entrance to the Centre de la Mémoire (Centre for Remembrance). The word “lie” was scrawled on the wall, along with other graffiti, according to the regional paper Le Populaire du Centre. The inscription “Village Martyr” was crossed out.
À Oradour-sur-Glane, des individus ont dégradé le mémorial du village, victime de la barbarie nazie. Dans un monde où les théories du complot sont plus redoutables que les armes de guerre, nous devons nous inquiéter de l'augmentation de ce type d'acte. #devoirdememoirepic.twitter.com/dRuOjqQ4nB
Der Sänger, der wiederholt mit Verschwörungstheorien auffällig wird, hat einmal mehr einen absurden Tipp für seine Anhänger. Sänger Xavier Naidoo schwört seine Anhänger bereits auf die nächste Großdemo in Berlin gegen die Corona-Politik der deutschen Bundesregierung ein, die am 28. August stattfinden soll. Der für seine absurden Verschwörungstheorien bekannte Entertainer hat offenbar aber Angst, dass Demonstranten die Anreise nach Berlin unmöglich gemacht werden könnte. Er rät seinen Anhängern daher, bei ihrer Fahrt über die Autobahn nach Berlin ihr Akku in Alufolie einzupacken. Wie ein entsprechender Screenshot zeigt, der derzeit auf Twitter kursiert, will Naidoo damit die Ortung von Handys über Sendemasten verhindern. (…) “Handy nur ausschalten reicht nicht! Alufolie ist wichtig! Oder eine gute Blechdose. Vorher testen!” ruft Naidoo seine Anhänger auf. Das Handy solle zudem bereits 100 Kilometer vor Berlin in Alufolie gepackt werden, um das Signal früh genug zu kappen und so ein Einschreiten der Polizei verhindern zu können.
Nearly 100 current and former women political leaders from the U.S. and abroad signed and sent a letter to Facebook executives Thursday, urging the social media giant to make more deliberate moves to protect women—especially women politicians and candidates—from online hate speech and harassment. Led by co-chairs of the Democratic Women’s Caucus and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., the official note comes on the heels of the latest manipulated, viral video targeting Pelosi to make her appear intoxicated (which Facebook added a warning to, but did not remove) and pushes CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg to “stop the amplification of gendered disinformation” via the platform. “Gendered disinformation can be understood as the spread of deceptive or inaccurate information and images against women, particularly women in politics, following story lines that often draw on misogyny and distrust of women’s leadership, frequently referring to their sexuality,” Rep. Jackie Speier, D-Calif., a co-chair of the caucus who helped spearhead the efforts, told Nextgov Friday. Speier explained that she’s been driven to pursue this work since earlier this year when she spoke to Lucina Di Meco, the author of the #ShePersisted study, released in Fall 2019. The research, also highlighted in the policymakers’ letter, encompassed interviews with 88 women leaders in politics, civil society, journalism, television and technology; as well as an analysis of the 2020 primaries and more. It ultimately revealed female candidates “are attacked more often than male candidates by fake news accounts,” and that social media presents a double-edged sword for women in politics.