Racism and talk about weapons in WhatsApp group of ‘Grenswacht’ by Jan Huzen

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In a large WhatsApp group that activates activist Jan Huzen for the coordination of border controls by a self-proclaimed ‘civil guard’, participants make racist comments and talk about weapons. That screenshots shows From the group that the BNNVARA program angry shared on social media. After previous border controls in Ter Apel, a group of activists in yellow vests last Sunday kept cars at Sellingen, wrote RTV Noordwith the aim of stopping asylum seekers.

In the WhatsApp group, nostalgia remained back to the Dutch slavery past, when black people would have « listened », and his racist stickers are shared. Members also talk about ‘self -defense’ with weapons. « It is better to have a weapon in the house than such a cunt black killing, which is unfortunately heavier punished in this world, » says someone. The group of Huzen is called ‘Border Controls regarding asylum seekers’ and has almost seven hundred members.

On Facebook, Huzen dismisses the criticism on Tuesday morning. People are removed from the group, he writes, « who can’t behave. » « A few times a month, everyone can communicate with each other. Now someone has written that he is considering purchasing weapons because he no longer feels safe. In the reporting about the group, he mainly sees an example of « left -wing people » who « get everything out of the closet to nail us to the pillory. »

Last week NRC With Huzen, previously convicted of incitement, after he had mobilized a group of people for the first time via Facebook to ‘catch’ asylum seekers who returns the German police to the Netherlands. He then said: « Unfortunately we didn’t find asylum seekers. No dark people, or something that looks like it. » If they had encountered asylum seekers, they would have chased and interrogated, Huzen said.

PVV leader Geert Wilders spoke full of praise last week about the initiative and said he would like to participate. He didn’t do that. Outgoing Justice Minister David van Weel (VVD) expressed his understanding of the underlying ‘frustration’ of the border controls, but called for the police and Marechaussee to do their work. The police have not yet arrested anyone for the border controls. Last Sunday in Sellingen the activists went home after a request from the Dutch and German police, according to RTV Noord.

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