Two men convicted for projecting discriminatory slogans on building in Bodegraven

A court in The Hague has sentenced two men to community service for projecting discriminatory messages onto a building along the A12 in Bodegraven. A third suspect was acquitted.

The messages included slogans such as “make white babies” and “race mixing = white genocide.” The court found that a 56-year-old man was responsible for the projection, while a 54-year-old accomplice acted as a lookout. They were sentenced to community service of 40 and 20 hours, respectively.

The suspects admitted to the projections but stated that it was within their right to free speech. The prosecution disagreed with this argument, stating that this is a form of group insult and discrimination.

“The text argues that people with white skin should only have children with partners of the same skin color. The suspects claim that if white people do otherwise, it amounts to ‘race mixing,’ which they consider equivalent to genocide,” the prosecution stated.

“The defendants overstepped the legal boundaries of free speech with the projected text,” the court said, noting that while freedom of expression allows for much, it has its limits.

The third suspect came up with the text and filmed the projection. The court ruled that this amounted to co-perpetration, but since that was not part of the formal charges, he could not be convicted on that basis and was therefore acquitted.

The suspects were caught near the building. Officers found a walkie-talkie in the suspect’s car and a paper that read “laser action checklist.” On the paper, a step-by-step list of the suspect’s plans was written out and advice which included eliminating any incriminating evidence from the telephones and computers.