MP allegedly greeted a party colleague at German parliament building ‘with a heel click and a Hitler salute’
Berlin prosecutors say they have charged a member of the far-right Alternative für Deutschland party with making a Nazi salute in parliament.
The suspect allegedly “greeted a party colleague … at the east entrance to the Reichstag building with a heel click and a Hitler salute” in June 2023, the prosecutors said in a statement issued on Monday.
Making such a salute is illegal in Germany and is punishable by up to three years in prison.
The newspaper Bild named the politician as Matthias Moosdorf, 60, a member of parliament for Zwickau in the former East German state of Saxony.
Just because you’re not willing to kill someone doesn’t mean you’re tolerating their behavior.
This is quite literally a post about this guy being charged with a crime. If he’s in prison for 3 years that’s going to derail his politics.
The state could also ban the AFD and probably should.
We don’t have to jump straight to capital punishment
A very reasonable take, in unreasonable times.
I guarentee they will regret not having done so sooner.