»Guilty as charged« are two left-wing activists. Never mind that one was slapped by the mayor of Giessen - the mayor's word is simply taken at face value. Never mind if the police seem to be lying when they talk about attacks by one of the two activists - police officers can't lie, so they must have told the truth. And all the counter-witnesses are simply not credible. It's great when the judiciary, as an allegedly independent pillar of our constitution, meekly falls in line behind (or in front of?) the executive. It seems that beating down protests and sending protesters to prison through court proceedings is back in fashion ...