Overview

• Investigators reviewed hundreds of online comments about the operation and found more than 200 posts with an initial suspicion of crimes such as incitement, threats, defamation and insults.
• The posts largely targeted a chief inspector who led the September 20 traffic control linked to the case, according to Chemnitz police.
• The protest bus, operated by the Center for Political Beauty, was seized on September 20 at the edge of the Christopher Street Day event in Döbeln due to unauthorized modifications.
• DEKRA Chemnitz and an expert documented defects including roof lighting, window damage and movable fittings, and Berlin’s licensing authority declared the vehicle unroadworthy and decommissioned it.
• Traffic police are investigating the bus holder and a driver for possible breaches of driving‑personnel laws, while the operator has denounced the police action as a scandal.