Wednesday, June 16, 2021

The Unknown Protester

 This is a bit of a unusual story....mostly coming out of HR (our public TV network for Hessen).

Mid-2020....the court system finally gave the blessing for the autobahn A49 to be completed.  To wrap up the construction....the project had to go through the Dannenroder Forest.  Environmentalists put up a big fuss, and when the loggers came in....police were required to accompany them.

On a daily basis.....this turned messy.

At some point, one of the protest folks resisted the police, and even kicked two of them.  Because of the assault on police, she was arrested and taken off to jail.

Typically....you produce an ID at the jail-house, and you get released to appear later in court (usually weeks or months later).

Well...this gal carried no ID and refused to identify herself.

Based on these actions....the judge handed her back to the jail-house.  She's been there ever since.

Added issues in this case?  She mostly speaks English (not German).  Her age?  Unknown.  She might be early 20s.....she might be mid-30s.

Accent?  Yeah....she's probably not English or American.

Where the case stands?  Prosecutor says that she can still be prosecuted as a unknown figure (pretty rare to ever occur).

Charges?  Dangerous bodily harm gets brought up....as well the charge of assault on the police.  

Just on the assault to the police....you could get a minimum of three months in jail....on up to five years.  On the bodily harm deal?  Max is 3 years of prison.

Based on the interview....I don't think the young gal will ever identify herself and if evidence/witnesses lay out the situation....she's probably looking at three to six months in prison.  

The unknown ID situation?  To carry this on for six months?  Kinda curious.  

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