Germany: Most charges dropped in far-right Sylt video probe
- Several young people chanted racist slogans at a bar on the northern German island of Sylt last May.
- This incident occurred on the pub terrace during a party featuring the hit song "L'Amour Toujours".
- Participants in the event were filmed chanting "foreigners out" and similar phrases.
- Prosecutors later stated shouting the slogans did not constitute inciting hatred.
- Authorities have dropped most charges following their investigation into last year's incident.
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Sylt video: "I don't like the sentence either – but it has to be as much as possible."
The prosecutor's office has stopped its investigation into the Sylt video – the Nazi paroles are covered by freedom of expression. Legally, this is correct, comments WORLD chief reporter Anna Schneider. "Freedom of expression does not only cover the right things.
No penalty for "foreigners out"-groans on Sylt
Last year, a video of young people on Sylt "Germany the Germans. Foreigners out of it" caused a stir. Now it became known that the derailment of the party-wrights did not result in any punishment. Only for a man who showed Hitler's greetings had the consequences – albeit mildly – of the incident. The group had sung the foreign-hostile text in the "Pony-Bar" to the melody of "Lamour Toujours" by Gigi D的Agostinos. A video of the incident spread ra…
German prosecutor drops lawsuits after racist video with 'Nazi slogans'
The German Public Prosecutor's Office has dropped almost all legal cases following a racist video made by German youths last year. The video shows several people shouting "all foreigners out" and "Germany for Germans" to the song L'Amour Toujours by DJ Gigi D'Agostino. The video was made last year at a nightclub on the German Wadden Island of Sylt and caused quite a stir in Germany. In addition to racist slogans being shouted, the Hitler salute …
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