Frankfurt Mayor Calls Attacks on Police Officers Disrespectful and Antisocial

In Frankfurt, several young men attack police officers with stones and bottles. Firecrackers are thrown at Darmstadt officials.

Update from Monday, November 2, 2020, 5:20 pm: Lord Mayor of Frankfurt Peter Feldmann (SPD) Are attacks on police officers in Frankfurt doomed last weekend and a connection to him Crown requirements manufactured. “What happened there is impossible,” Feldmann said on Monday (02.11.2020) at the Römer in Frankfurt. It is disrespectful, antisocial, and directed against them. society: “Anyone who attacks public officials also attacks us as a society.”

Unrest in Frankfurt: police look for motives

Most Frankfurt residents support measures to contain the Corona-Pandemie and stick with it, said the mayor of Frankfurt. The rules must also be controlled, “otherwise, we encourage those who refuse and put the weakest in danger.” Frankfurt needs the support of Federal police. The city requested this the week before but received no response. For the support of the National Police Be grateful, “but it doesn’t seem like enough,” Feldmann said. The background and motives for the riots remained under investigation on Monday, police said. If the decided Crown measurements played a role in the attacks is still open ..

On Sunday night (November 1, 2020) the Hauptwache 500 to 800 people gathered. The cops were from the crowd Bottles and eggs has been thrown, it is said from the Frankfurt police headquarters. Nine suspects were arrested, including one 17 years known to the policewho went into custody. In the absence of reasons for the arrest, the other eight suspects were released again.

Police officers attacked in the center of Frankfurt

First report of Sunday, November 1, 2020, 6:51 pm: Frankfurt / Darmstadt – The potential for aggression is increasing. Young men spend two nights in a row Frankfurt city center Police officers attacked. On Sunday night, around 10:45 pm, they attacked a police patrol with rocks, bottles and eggs. The action moved to the main guard, where between 500 and 800 people had gathered, without them. Crown regulation to be observed. They also stoned others police officers with bottles and eggs. In all, the police arrested nine suspects. Eight of them had to be released for lack of reasons for their arrest. However, a 17-year-old who was known to the police, spent the night in the office and landed before the judge on Sunday.

The rioters had already attacked a police patrol in the Zeil on Friday night. Officials had come to resolve a dispute, but it escalated. The policemen had to flee first. The investigation now led to a 18 year old suspect.

The Frankfurt police chief condemned it as “unbearable” Gerhard Bereswill on Sunday (November 1, 2020) the riot. Colleagues work daily for the protection and safety of citizens, Bereswill said. The police no longer accept the repeated attacks.

Stefan Müller, the national political spokesman for the FDP in the state parliament, also condemns the attacks: “We cannot accept that.” Efforts should be intensified to investigate such acts quickly and consistently. Police and Prosecutors it would have to be reinforced in order to react better.

Firecrackers threw police cars in Darmstadt

In Darmstadt-Eberstadt, a police car accompanied us on Saturday afternoon (October 31, 2020) Firecrackers thrown to. The police provisionally arrested 23 people, most of them minors. According to a police spokesman, the operations center at the police headquarters in southern Hesse was around 5pm. Darmstadt Firecrackers were reported to be set ablaze in the church’s fir settlement. When the crew of a patrol car warned a group of about 100 people about violations of the Corona regulation through loudspeakers, the police car was thrown with firearms.

With the support of other patrol crews, 23 people, mostly minors, were arrested. Officers found firecrackers on one person. All people were released back home after their identities were established. The officers in the police car were not injured. The police are now investigating for that. Suspicion of violation of public order. (George Grodensky / Jens Joachim)

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