Daniel Carlsen, leader of the nationalist Party of the Danes, is facing criminal charges for handing out “asylum spray” cans to women.
The Danes Party started handing out the asylum spray, which is simply relabeled “hairspray” since pepper spray is illegal, at a square in the town of Haderslev in late September. (RELATED: Danes Hand Out ‘Asylum Spray’ For People’s Protection)
Most women who were offered a can felt offended by the stunt, and Carlsen is now charged for violating Denmark’s racism law.
“I think it is a very, very weak case,” Carlsen said of the charges against him, according to The Local. “We handed out hairspray with a sticker on it so I doubt that anything at all comes out of the charges.”
Carlsen previously said the spray wasn’t invented to offend people, but rather “tackle a real problem in a society where many people feel unsafe.”
A total of 137 women accepted a can when the spray was launched, and some welcomed the initiative.
“It’s great. It matches bloody well with my attitudes and opinions,” Diana Nielsen told TV Syd. “It is after all them [refugees] who we are protecting ourselves against at the moment.”
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