The inscription was not inciting the people, but partly corresponded to the reality: With this rationale, a judge at the Administrative Court Giessen declared election posters of the far-right NPD with the words "migration kills" for lawful. For the responsible judge, "the objective statement" migration kills' is an empirically proven fact ". (Az 4 K 2279 / 19.GI)
Absurd reads also the escalating reasoning of the judgment. It dates back to August 2019, now reported the editorial network Germany and the legal magazine "Legal Tribune Online" for the first time. The competent judge had the verdict alone. He tries to explain how "historical migration" was responsible for the downfall of the "alien-friendly" Roman Empire or the Inca civilization.
"It is clear from the exemplary historical migration movements cited that migration is indeed capable of bringing about death and destruction," said the judge. He also leads current statistics on sexual and homicides. They are to prove connections between migration and about the Cologne New Year's Eve, Salafism and honor killings.
The reasoning of the community: not convincing
The reason for the verdict was a lawsuit by the extreme right-wing NPD against the Hessian municipality of Ranstadt. The community had just before the European elections in May 2019, all NPD posters with the words "Stop the invasion: migration kills resistance now" hang.
The poster fears fear of foreigners and gives the impression that all migrants living in Germany are potential murderers, so the community justified their action at that time. The judge found that less convincing.
Instead, the judge stated that the posters did not fulfill the incitement to sedition, since the immigration of refugees was indeed an "invasion".
Judgment not yet final
The verdict is not yet legally binding. The judge admitted because of fundamental importance the appeal to the Hessian administrative court. According to "Legal Tribune Online", the defendant city has already filed an appeal. A decision will only be made in the coming year.
In a similar case, the administrative court of Dresden had awarded the city of Zittau right. The city had also NPD posters with the words "migration kills" depend - these correspond according to the judgment of May 2019 the offense of incitement.
