[ad_1]
The first blockade started in Germany about a year ago. On the occasion of this anniversary, “lateral thinkers” and crown deniers took to the streets for nationwide demonstrations under the slogan “Enough!” Against the crown policy of the federal government.
The Saxon administrative court in Bautzen had declared a planned large-scale demonstration in Dresden forbidden in view of the increasing number of infections and expected violations of hygiene requirements.
However, hundreds of protesters marched to the Saxony state capital on Saturday, including right-wing extremists, as observers at the scene report. The stated aim of the Saxon police, “to enforce the ban on the demonstration of lateral thinkers” and “to act consistently against violations of the Saxon Crown Protection Ordinance”, appeared to fail in the early afternoon.
[Wenn Sie alle aktuellen Nachrichten live auf Ihr Handy haben wollen, empfehlen wir Ihnen unsere runderneuerte App, die Sie hier fürApple- und Android-Geräte herunterladen können.]
According to on-site reports, a near-four-digit number of protesters broke several police chains and is currently moving illegally through Dresden’s city center. Police spoke on Twitter of a “dynamic situation” and announced that several water cannons are being used to protect the nearby vaccination center.
The Saxon officials were supported by police officers from North Rhine-Westphalia, among others. According to representatives of the local press, there were also attacks and insults against journalists by the participants in the unauthorized elevator. Live YouTube broadcasts of the Dresden demo show a real game of cat and mouse between protesters and police forces in central Dresden.
According to the police, on Saturday night, twelve policemen were injured in Dresden. At first it was spoken of four people. During the day, 47 criminal offenses and 943 administrative offenses were found. These included 17 resistances against law enforcement officers, nine physical attacks against law enforcement officers, seven insults, and two violations of the Arms Law and the Assemblies Law.
A 36-year-old man was temporarily in police custody. Three other people were provisionally detained.
A scene that apparently took place on the Altmarkt in Dresden attracted a lot of attention on social media. Several North Rhine-Westphalia police forces can be seen trying to use a chain to prevent those participating in the unannounced demonstration march from leaving the old market.
The individuals try to break through again and again when officers finally arrest a man in a red sweater. The situation escalated and more and more protesters attacked the police. A man first kicks an officer and then they lock him in the head. When the policeman falls, another man kicks him in the side.
A video sequence from the YouTube livestream of controversial journalist Martin Lejeune, close to the “lateral thinking” movement, also caused outrage. Facing the camera, Lejeune asks a man with a strong Saxon accent on Dresden’s Altmarkt why he is on the street today.
The man replied: “I am on the street to change the policy,” adding: “I will come with a gun next time and if I kill two.” This obviously means cops. Saxon police are aware of the scene, they announced on Twitter.
CDU Secretary General Paul Ziemiak wrote on Twitter: “They are not lateral thinkers, but violent extremists. These attacks on police officers are unacceptable. “
Saxon CDU General Secretary Alexander Dierks also condemned the violence in Dresden on Twitter: “So-called lateral thinkers show their true face: violent extremists at work. These guys have to feel the rigors of the rule of law. “
The Deputy Prime Minister of the Free State, Martín Dulig (SPD), is horrified by the images on social networks. “Anyone who agrees with this forbidden demonstration is doing something common with the crimes committed,” Dulig wrote on Twitter.
Holocaust symbol-relativierende
There were also demonstrations in Berlin on Saturday at various locations in the city. In addition, two car parades with several hundred vehicles were recorded. According to the police, “at the top about 1000 protesters” gathered in front of the Federal Ministry of Health. “The protesters then dispersed and dwindled to 400,” a police spokeswoman said. According to the police, 50 people were registered.
Most of the protesters wore masks, but not all. A dozen counter-protesters shouted “We will vaccinate you all.” Occasionally, participants were noticed by symbols that made the Holocaust down, such as a yellow star “Not vaccinated.”
The anti-crown rally in Brandenburg’s state capital, Potsdam, was canceled before it started. Participants were recommended to join the protests in Berlin.
But despite the cancellation, around 150 people gathered in front of the Brandenburg Gate in Potsdam around 1 pm They marched under the shouts of “Peace, freedom, not dictatorship!” unauthorized through Potsdam city center, as reported by our on-site reporter.
Under the Brandenburg containment ordinance, only permanent protests are allowed. The illegal protest march is said to have played cat and mouse with the police in central Potsdam for over an hour and a half. According to local observers, officials took a long time to try to control the situation.
Demo in Munich dissolved
In Munich, the police broke up a demonstration against several thousand participants near the Bavarian state parliament. “The demonstration was dissolved by the police for various breaches of requirements, that is, dissolved,” said a police spokesman. Not only was the number of participants exceeded. In many cases, the mask requirement was ignored and the minimum distance was not observed.
However, not all participants followed the request to leave the demonstration. “We are about to see how we handle it now,” the spokesman said.
Scenes similar to those in Dresden were reported from Düsseldorf. Here, too, several hundred “side thinkers” from the original site of the demonstration on the Rhine had started a spontaneous demonstration through the city center without authorization and broken individual police chains. There was a fight with the officials. The emergency services in North Rhine-Westphalia also seemed overwhelmed.
Motorhome parade through Düsseldorf
According to the police, around 2000 people gathered in the Düsseldorf state parliament. In addition, a parade of mobile homes called for the crown measures to be relaxed. More than 100 mobile homes toured the state capital, as announced by police upon request.
There were also chaotic scenes in Stuttgart. According to the police, around 1,500 “side thinkers” had gathered here for a registered rally, only to spontaneously move through the city center of the state capital of Baden-Württemberg shortly thereafter in larger groups.
According to the “Stuttgarter Zeitung”, the police also used pepper spray to drive the protesters back. In addition, the media reports a detained woman who allegedly had previously kicked a police officer in the leg.
Attack on the television team in Stuttgart
A television crew from Südwestrundfunk (SWR) was attacked in Stuttgart. As a police spokesman said at night, an object was thrown at the equipment. No one was injured. A spokesperson for SWR confirmed the incident.
Police saw the attack and approached the man, the SWR spokesman said. Therefore, the equipment was not reported. To what extent the participant of the demonstration had to answer for the attack, the police spokesman could not initially say. The television crew was also repeatedly verbally abused.
Police reported that other media representatives who had pitched their tents in front of the state parliament to report on the state elections were verbally assaulted by the participants in the demonstration and described in chants as “lying press.”
