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Over 9k protestors outnumber roughly 100 marching Nazis in Aachen, Germany (www.youtube.com)

submitted 2 months ago by Head to c/news@beehaw.org

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Watch till the end of the video for a Nazi with a Hilter stash.

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[–] einkorn@feddit.org 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

The specific law does not specify against whom the masking may or may not be targeted at. It expresses a general ban on masking yourself at most public gatherings.

[–] barsoap@lemm.ee 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

"in einer Aufmachung, die geeignet und den Umständen nach darauf gerichtet ist, die Feststellung der Identität zu verhindern". "Identitätsfeststellung" is an official act. If that is too fuzzy, have a look at the context which this is an extension to ("it is also forbidden"), and that is "Vollstreckungsmaßnahmen eines Trägers von Hoheitsbefugnissen abzuwehren". And if that wasn't clear enough have a look at jurisprudence which interprets the law in the sense "targeting at preventing identification by police".

Also have you ever seen someone arrested just for wearing a clown costume.

And who knows maybe the police even identified every single Nazi before they started marching.

[–] einkorn@feddit.org 1 points 1 month ago

Fair.

Also have you ever seen someone arrested just for wearing a clown costume.

Nope, but that might be because 17a (3) says it does not apply to common public festivals, which Carnival certainly belongs. Also, there is no general ban on masks in public. Only at gatherings.