The Daily Populous Thursday February 13rd, 2025 evening edition
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Anokiio on February 13rd, 2025 at 15:58 UTC »

The German Mud Wizard, after risking a maximum sentence of 5 years' imprisonment, a prosecutor's requisition of 8 months' imprisonment, was finally fined €4,300 + legal costs.

He launched an online Crowdfunding : https://www.givesendgo.com/mudwizard

In just a few days, raised over €9,300. Once the legal costs had been covered, he told his networks that he intended to donate €1,000 to each person who went to hospital on the day of the Lützerath demonstration because of police violence.

In a 9 pages Statement, he said "By wearing this religious garb, I hope to bring spirituality to the fight. How can we topple the powerful from their thrones? That was the meaning of my gesture."

Spartan2470 on February 13rd, 2025 at 16:31 UTC »

This is a screen capture from this video.

According to here:

> Storyful

> 17 January 2023

> Police officers were jeered by protesters as they scrambled to find their footing in a patch of deep mud during a demonstration against coal mining operations in Lutzerath, Germany, on Saturday, January 14.

> A person dressed in robes, dubbed the “mud wizard” by social media users, was seen approaching the officers several times. At one point the person patted an officer on the arm, at another the person pushed an officer over. The person attempted to push a second officer over but ran away as police released a spray. Others were seen throwing mud at the police as they struggled to free their feet from the mud.

> According to German media outlet Bild, more than 70 German police officers were injured during the anti-coal protests, mostly on Saturday, due to physical altercations and muddy grounds.

> Climate activists have been protesting the lignite mine expansion since 2020 and had set up barricades and shacks around the village in western Germany.

NotParticularlyGood on February 13rd, 2025 at 16:35 UTC »

If this happened in America, every police officer touched would have claimed dozens of broken bones, PTSD, be retired with full pension, and suing the mud wizard for millions each. After shooting him.