Yahoo! News - Teacher Sentenced for Slapping Leader: "Wed Sep 1, 8:48 AM ET
BERLIN (Reuters) - An unemployed teacher received a four-month suspended sentence Friday and ordered to perform community service for slapping German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder in the face at a Social Democratic Party event in May.
The court in Mannheim described 52-year-old Jens Ammoser as a 'scatterbrain,' but said physical assault was an unacceptable way of expressing political discontent.
An program of welfare cuts has unleashed anger against Schroeder's government, and thousands of demonstrators have taken to the streets. Earlier this week, protesters in the eastern city of Wittenberg threw eggs at Schroeder, but missed. "
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