DNA Analyses: Bavaria launches federal council initiative - who else if not Bavaria? Current incidents are seen as a welcome opportunity to quickly push through some changes. Never mind that these changes enable far more than fingerprints allow - and that there are many more possibilities for abuse (e.g. genetic analysis for assessing suitability).
The ruling of the Federal Constitutional Court that explicitly restricted DNA analyses to particularly serious crimes is being ignored as well. Who cares about the Federal Constitutional Court when populism works so well for stirring up sentiment...