“Unfortunately we have no choice: we approached the leader of the demonstration and informed him that their meeting would be broken up by the police,” Berlin police tweeted shortly after 1 pm According to officials, around 18,000 people are currently in the Corona demonstrations. Many gather around the Victory Column and on Friedrichstrasse. Due to numerous violations of crown rules, the police had imposed a mask requirement around noon. More on the live blog:
No mask, no entry
At the Friedrichstrasse train station, the federal police now constantly monitor the use of a mask. Those who do not wear a mask will not be able to enter the train station.
Mask control at the train station
Image: Julius Geiler
Barriers in front of the Bundestag
According to our reporter Julius Geiler, a unit of the Baden-Wuerttemberg State Police has just arrived in Hamburg Bars erected in front of the Reichstag area . This is to avoid an influx of the demonstration at the Brandenburg Gate to the meeting of the Reich citizen Rüdiger Hoffmann. According to the police, there are too many people here.
Image: Photo: Julius Geiler
Our reporter reports on the character “Volksfest” around the Brandenburg Gate.
Our reporter in conversation with him Police spokesman Thilo Cablitz :
Not everyone wants to go
Most of them do not want to give in, reports our reporter on the site. Police officers are yelled “join us!” Besides the usual “Resistance!” But some protesters leave and the police open the roadblocks.
According to our reporters, most of the participants are elderly and less young.
Many of the show’s participants are over 50 years old.
Image: Photo: Axel Schmid / Reuters
The police asked the protesters to leave the streets.
Because the infection protection was not met. If distance was not maintained and many refused to wear a mask, the demonstration broke up. This is the wording of the police ad.
Image: Screenshot: Berlin Police
About him June 17th Street it should be the afternoon big rally the lateral thinker occur. The police have just decided to break up the demonstration.
Demonstration march in front of the Victory Column.
Image: Photo: Michael Kappeler
Police are ready
The police stationed two water cannons and a cleaning tank on Wilhelmstrasse. One seems prepared for every imaginable situation.
Heavy police equipment
Image: Julius Geiler
So far, the protest has been largely peaceful.
According to the police press spokesperson Anja Dierschke, the protest has taken place so far mostly peaceful . The correct scene is present, but does not represent that Majority of protesters . So far, only one person has been detained because of right-wing unconstitutional slogans, the police spokeswoman said.
In Friedrichstrasse the following is sung: “Resistance!”, “Let’s go free!”, Rhythmic applause. But it does not go further. The demo train stops, our reporter reports.
Jam delay on Friedrichstrasse.
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Corona is considered by many to be a conspiracy in the show.
Image: Photo: Hannes Heine
An intermediate balance:
According to police estimates, in protest against the policy of the crown in Berlin-Mitte almost 18,000 people gathered. But there is still an influx of a planned rally, a spokeswoman said Saturday afternoon.maintain minimum distances to protect yourself from corona infections . Therefore, the chief of operations had mouth and nose protection “To the edition” done.
The protesters on Friedrichstrasse and Unter den Linden held flags, some from various federal states. The police blocked the entrances with bars. Large signs say, among other things:
“We are people” . Other banners demanded the resignation of the federal government as well as a
End of protection conditions due to corona pandemic .
The 711 Lateral Thinking Initiative has logged the demo for around 22,000 participants. Tagesspiegel reporters also saw them far-right groups as well as open Crown deniers with banners. The mood gets more and more irritated, he tells himself. (dpa / saa)
Image: Photo: Hannes Heine
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