Michael Fritsch is appealing
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“Querdenker” policeman eliminated: Michael Fritsch appeals
Hanover/Lueneburg.The “lateral thinker” police officer Michael Fritsch is appealing against his admission. In the first instance at the administrative court in Hanover, the 58-year-old lost at the end of April. As a result, he would have forfeited all pension entitlements. At the time, the responsible judge followed the explanations of the Hanover police department and classified the chief inspector as a “Reich citizen” who shared conspiracy myths.
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“The appeal was submitted to the administrative court in Hanover on June 2,” says Harald Kramer, spokesman for the higher administrative court in Lüneburg. The justification is still pending, it should be submitted later. If there is no date for proceeding to the next level, it will probably not take place for several months. In the first round, there were more than a year and a half between the start of the investigation and the verdict.
Country of birth “Prussia” and fantasies of overthrow
Fritsch made his first public appearance as a police officer from Hanover in August 2020 at a “Querdenker” rally in Dortmund. The directorate suspended the officer and initiated disciplinary proceedings. Since then, the 58-year-old has been showing more and more views, some of them radical. He also gave up his identity card, changed his country of birth to “Prussia” and harbored fantasies of a coup. He also shared anti-Semitic content, questioned the separation of powers and described police officers as “paid mercenaries”.
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Fritsch’s lawyer Ivan Künnemann, who also operates in “lateral thinkers” circles, announced the appeal immediately after the first verdict. The association “Policemen for Enlightenment”, in which Fritsch is a founding member, described the “negative verdict” as “surprising” on the Telegram messenger service. There is also a call for donations on the platform to continue the legal dispute.