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During a demonstration for the acceptance of refugees on Sunday afternoon in Dresden, turbulent scenes broke out. Masked members of an Antifa group ran with a large banner towards Pirnaischer Platz in central Dresden and blocked the tram tracks there. Some 250 people are said to have participated in the spontaneous demonstration.
When the chief of operations rushed to the protesters, things briefly cleared up. The incident can be seen in a video from the “Undogmatic Radical Antifa” on Twitter.
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As the group detonates smoke bombs, the policeman stands in the fog in front of the protesters, who shout loudly. In the middle of the scene you can hear briefly “You are catching a ball”. Apparently, the policeman had said the words in the direction of the group with the banner. In response, the protesters screamed. The policeman takes a few steps back, his hand on his gun holster.
According to a report in the newspaper “Bild”, the complete sentence should have been “push me and you’ll catch a ball.” According to the report, the policeman returned to the Antifa group a few minutes later and said “You’re leaving …”. When he is said to have left again, more emergency services arrived and the situation calmed down.
“The colleague admitted it and apologized for it.”
“The sentence fell like this,” confirmed police chief Jörg Kubiessa. “The colleague admitted it and apologized for it.” The incident must be investigated, taking into account the circumstances.
According to Kubiessa, the situation was “hectic and confusing.” However, Kubiessa did not see any grounds for disciplinary action, as requested in comments on the internet. “However, the bottom line is that, for me, it is indisputable that that phrase should not be used.”
According to the police, a pot of smoke had been thrown from the meeting. When the operations chief wanted to secure this as evidence, he was harassed by 25 to 30 masked participants. “The officer felt an impact at chest level,” he said. Securing the service weapon in such a situation was “correct and absolutely appropriate,” Kubiessa said.
However, the sole action of the official contradicts the principles of self-protection. According to the statement, the officer has credibly assured “that the use of a firearm or even threatening her was never an option for him.”
Interior expert for the Greens in Saxony, Valentin Lippmann, wrote on Twitter: “The threat of a firearm is likely to have disciplinary relevance if legal requirements are not met.“
As in Dresden, people demonstrated in Berlin on Sunday for the acceptance of the refugees, under the slogan “We have space.” According to police, the number of participants was in the “mid-four-digit range.” However, unlike Dresden, there were no incidents in Berlin. Neither among protesters nor with the police. (Teaspoonful)
