In Germany, there’s Beamtenbeleidigung i.e. insult of a representative of state, like police.
“Beamtenbeleidigung” does actually not exist in Germany, that’s a misconception. It’s just as illegal insulting a police officer as it is insulting almost anybody else.
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beamtenbeleidigung
It’s probably just more common for officials to take enough offense to actually file a report.
Plus “Beamtenbeleidung” is such a common misconcpetion, that officials probably believe it actually is a real thing.
“Beamtenbeleidigung” does actually not exist in Germany, that’s a misconception. It’s just as illegal insulting a police officer as it is insulting almost anybody else. https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beamtenbeleidigung
TIL! Thanks.
So prosecutors just treat cases of insulted officials differently than when someone from the hoi polloi is being insulted!?
It’s probably just more common for officials to take enough offense to actually file a report.
Plus “Beamtenbeleidung” is such a common misconcpetion, that officials probably believe it actually is a real thing.