German Mud Wizard was fined 4,300 euros, but started a crowdfunding campaign.

[The German Mud Wizard](https://www.reddit.com/r/interestingasfuck/comments/18h905f/german_riot_police_defeated_and_humiliated_by/), after risking a maximum sentence of 5 years’ imprisonment, a prosecutor’s requisition of 8 months’ imprisonment, was finally fined €4,300 + legal costs.

He launched an online Crowdfunding : [https://www.givesendgo.com/mudwizard](https://www.givesendgo.com/mudwizard)

In just a few days, raised over €9,300. Once the legal costs had been covered, he told his networks that he intended to donate €1,000 to each person who went to hospital on the day of the Lützerath demonstration because of police violence.

In a [9 pages Statement](https://antidotezine.com/2025/02/07/the-mud-wizard-in-his-own-words/), he said “By wearing this religious garb, I hope to bring spirituality to the fight. How can we topple the powerful from their thrones? That was the meaning of my gesture.”