I noticed this off the AM news of SWR (SW Germany public TV network). The police union (DPolG) has spoke up to the idea of heavy detention for the 'Last Generation' environmental activists.
What the police are suggesting....if things don't simmer down any....is that upon arrest for some unauthorized protest....you'd be staying in the jail until a court session occurred. Typically, upon an arrest....you get a firm notice of a future date in court, and then released.
The reaction of the environmental activists? Well....right away, they said it'd have zero affect on their mission in life.
I sat and thought about it.
Getting arrested (normally in Germany)....usually means your court session doesn't occur for a minimum of two months. Back in the 2016 to 2018 period....with migrants taking up a lot of court challenge time because of deportation orders....regular cases were extending out to eight to twelve months before you could get your 'day' in court.
Just my humble opinion....but staying in a German jail for two or three months....probably won't improve my mental state or well-being. There won't be any pizza, streaming video, or beer.
These activists sitting there for an extended period? I think they'd get more intense or hard-core in their frustrations. Judges wanting to resolve this? The general public feeling isn't that supportive of the activists at this point.
In the end, I suspect by mid-2023....a state or two in Germany will finally say 'enough', and start the long-term detention of the activists. Then things will get extremely heated over this treatment.
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