Overview

• The Landgericht Arnsberg found the April 1 search of then‑17‑year‑old Juso chair Nela Kruschinski illegal, citing no initial suspicion and a missing record of the prosecution’s warrant request.
• NRW Interior Minister Herbert Reul said a locally involved Kriminalhauptkommissar appeared clearly biased, and police are examining disciplinary proceedings for possible duty violations.
• The officer, reported as a CDU member and Schützenvorstand present when the graffiti were discovered, later wrote an investigative report and took a complaint without an official mandate, which Reul wants scrutinized.
• The Staatsanwaltschaft Arnsberg maintains its suspicion and continues the probe, while Kruschinski’s lawyer Thomas Kutschaty has requested the case be dropped.
• NRW parliamentary committees are reviewing the case, with SPD officials warning of damage to trust in the rule of law and CDU leaders rejecting claims of a manufactured political scandal.