1. Huge temperature change from Saturday to Sunday (dropping 10C). So there was a report yesterday of a trio of German guys....dead....in a garden house.
Appears that they had a bar-b-q going....inside...triggering carbon monoxide....killing them.
2. Police counted 29,014 knife crimes reported in 2024.....roughly 80 per day....across Germany.
Becoming a top ten safety discussion now.
3. The German Federal Ministry of the Interior...has spoken up over the last day or two....putting up a position for preparing juveniles/teenage students in schools for crises and the potential for war.
4. Last night...ARD (public TV, channel 1)....ran a 45-minute documentary piece....'Fret Over War'. So they sent one of their more seasoned journalists out and did a review of the Bundeswehr (German Army). Fair assessment. They aren't fully prepared for war against Russia, and obviously....the US is a key part of the defense plan.
5. Starting in May....if you FAIL to separate trash correctly....UP to 2,500 Euro fine. By the way they wrote the piece....I'd say for minor infractions....probably 25 to 50 Euro. Will there be inspectors driving around? Yeah.....I get the impression that type of audit will occur a couple times a year.
6. Suspect in this 3-person killing, I essay about yesterday.....identified (neighbor in next village over). Guy is on medication, and police say he's got mental issues). Still on the run.
7. FORSA (polling folks) did a survey with only local politicians (at the low-end of the totem-pole). One out of four....say that they see anti-democratic trends in their community.
Same survey....same folks....say that in the coming years....almost 70-percent of them see declines in funds coming, and that housing is going to be a problem..
8. Court starts up in K-town tomorrow....with 20-year old American contractor (stabbed Eritrean older guy about 9 months ago). In this case, she was emerging out of the Bahnhof tunnel of Kaisersluatern...getting on the escalator and having this older asylum guy come up behind and sexually grope her. At the top....she responded....pulling out a fair-sized knife...saying some heated words. It is debatable if she lunge at him, or if he pressed himself in some way....but the end-result....he's dead.
Murder charge? NO. Bodily-harm. So there are two degrees of bodily harm....serious episode....max of 3 years. Less serious....1 year max.
Key turn in this court? Well....she's given evidence as a kid....having issues and medicated for ADHD. Some court reaction over this....might be 'not-guilty' or a max of 3 months in some jail.
If the guy had survived? Well....she'd still be charged (for using the knife), but he would have been charged for sexual groping. The fact that he came up behind her? Predator-style....I would suggest.
Based on commentary....no one sees this lasting more than 2 days.
The fact that she was carrying a knife for defense? Yeah.....that is a bit odd.
I've probably been through the K-town Bahnhof over 300 times in my life....probably one of the safest medium-sized stations in the country.
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