IMMIGRATION thread

[I of the Storm]

I vaguely remember the incident. Had a media presence of about a week back then but not a major issue. AFAIK the prosecutors wanted to go for unauthorized use of uniforms and violations of assembly laws, none of which have been found valid. Argumentation was along the lines of: "hey, christian groups are doing basically the same thing sometimes". Which is correct, technically they didn't do anything else than admonish people to abstain from drinking an gambling, which is not a crime.

The vests and the "police" word were provocative, though.

Nevertheless, I think it's wiser to not make a major issue out of this. Fine them for misdemeanour or a minor breach of the law and that's it. If you press major charges against singular occurences like that, you give them major importance. Acquittal = minor importance. That's the court's logic I suspect.
If that would become a widespread issue or if they'd incite to violence, now that would be a completely different issue. But as of now, all they did was telling people "hey, drinking and gambling is bad for you. Why don't you come to our mosque next friday instead?" and wearing silly vests. Once.