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Police stop Corona protest march in Munich
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Source: AFP / ADAM BERRY
The round trip on the demonstration against Corona measures in Bavaria goes to the next round. Police stopped on Saturday a protest march that the Administrative Court had allowed. The participants did not meet the requirements.
rePolice initially stopped a demonstration against the Corona measures in Munich on Saturday. “Participants do not meet the requirements for protection against infection, mouth and nose protection is only used occasionally,” police said on Twitter. “Discussions are currently underway with the meeting leadership.”
The train departed at Odeonsplatz and is bound for Theresienwiese, where the main rally will take place in the afternoon. The police were on duty with 1,400 soldiers.
The rally was preceded by a legal dispute over the size and shape of the event. It wasn’t until Saturday night that the Bavarian Administrative Court lifted a participation restriction imposed by the city on 1,000 protesters. The organizers had registered 5,000 for the final rally and 500 for the demonstration.
The Administrative Court thus contradicted the judgment of the first instance of the Munich Administrative Court and the requirements of the city. A previously prohibited elevator with up to 500 participants was also allowed to pass through the city. At another point, the organizers’ complaint was rejected.
The organizers of the demonstration, the “lateral thinking 089” initiative, had filed a complaint against the decisions of the administrative court. The city prohibited this. Instead, she allowed the demonstration at Theresienwiese under strict conditions, but only with 1000 participants for reasons of protection against infections. A planned city demonstration was also banned.
As in Berlin, the organizer had sued for conditions
The organizers had filed a lawsuit against this requirement. The Munich Administrative Court subsequently confirmed the city’s decisions (M 13 E 20.4261 and M 13 E 20.4258). One argument for this: The foreseeable violations of the legally binding distance requirement created an immediate danger to public safety, the justices said.
In Berlin, there were recently clashes between the participants of the demonstration and the police on the sidelines of several demonstrations against the policy of the crown. 300 to 400 people had broken through the barriers and briefly occupied the stairs in front of the Reichstag building. The protesters’ actions had caused outrage among politicians.
