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Bavarian doctor calls for vaccinations and receives death threats - police react angrily on Twitter

2021-08-13T18:42:34.710Z


Because he is committed to the corona vaccination campaign, a Bavarian doctor has become the target of hate speech and death threats. The police react.


Because he is committed to the corona vaccination campaign, a Bavarian doctor has become the target of hate speech and death threats.

The police react.

Neu-Ulm - A family doctor from Swabia receives numerous hateful comments because of his commitment to the Corona * vaccination.

The doctor not only has to face insults online, but also by phone or by mail.

"He is mainly insulted, but also threatened with death, vilified and denounced," wrote the Swabian police in a message.

The officials now have a three-digit number of reports.

After hate speech and death threats: Police campaign for Bavarian doctor on Twitter

The criminal police will investigate every single case of "hate speech". In the meantime, it has been possible to identify a large number of authors of the criminally relevant comments, as stated in the report. “These were men and women between the ages of 30 and 71 from all over Germany and neighboring countries.” The police will “consistently” bring the suspects to the public prosecutor's office.

On Twitter, the police drew attention to the pursuit of the hateful comments against the Neu-Ulm * doctor.

Some users apparently didn't like that at all.

The police reacted quickly: “Dear Twitter community, we report on the fight against and prosecution of hate comments against a doctor.

What do some individuals do with the community?

Enjoy by spreading hateful comments. ”Finally, the question“ Do you notice yourself, don't you? ”

Dear Twitter community,



We report on combating and tracking down hate comments against a doctor.



What do some individuals do with the community?

Enjoy by spreading hate speech.



Do you notice yourself, don't you?

- Police Swabia S / W (@PolizeiSWS) August 13, 2021

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Reports against suspects run - facts "often also threats and coercion"

Depending on the comment, the accused are charged with different facts.

According to the police, the most common offense is insult.

However, if they threaten the doctor with death and ask him to end his vaccination campaign, “threats and coercion levels” also apply. Even if someone endorses such a comment with the “thumbs up” emoji, this will result in a criminal complaint.

The Bavarian Minister of Justice, Eisenreich, also campaigns for hatred on the Internet. With various measures, for example with the project “Justice and the media - consistently against hatred”

, he

tries to fight hate comments and insults together with the judiciary. In the 

Merkur.de

interview, the minister speaks about his conflict with Facebook * and an ambiguity in the network enforcement law.

(tkip)

* Merkur.de / bayern is an offer from IPPEN.MEDIA

Source: merkur

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