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Two planned demonstrations, two defeats before the Federal Constitutional Court: The “lateral thinkers” of Frankfurt am Main and Dresden could not take to the streets against the measures of the Crown this Saturday. However, some supporters of the initiative gathered here and there to protest, as well as several hundred counter-protesters.
Two small meetings with “a handful” of “lateral thinkers” had broken up, Frankfurt police said. “These were in direct context with the forbidden event.” “Unconventional thinkers” had asked people to come to the city despite the ban and to record spontaneous gatherings. Police said around 450 counter-protesters had also gathered for a rally and started a march.
Meanwhile, the atmosphere was more charged when the two groups met at the main station in the center of the city, a police spokesman reported. Officials threatened to use water cannons, but eventually managed to separate the groups. It is unclear if or how many arrests were made. The police were in action with hundreds of various federal states.
First, the city of Frankfurt am Main had banned the “Querdenker” demonstration, the administrative court upheld this ban. In view of the expected number of participants of around 40,000 protesters, it is unclear how the required minimum distances in the city center can be maintained. In addition, “a high number of passers-by doing their Christmas shopping” is to be expected. The applicant declined alternative locations that were offered.
The initiative submitted an urgent request to the Federal Constitutional Court, but it failed. The organizers of a “lateral thinking” demonstration in Dresden were also unsuccessful before the Federal Constitutional Court. The Higher Administrative Court of Saxony had previously confirmed the prohibition of the city of Dresden. He was criticized a good month ago when he took advantage of the ban on a demonstration of “lateral thinking” in the center of Leipzig.
On Saturday, the dreaded wave of supporters of the “lateral thinkers” initiative, who wanted to come to Dresden despite the ban, failed. The police sent back potential participants who had traveled. Inmates were not allowed to leave their bus at the planned location for the rally, a spokesman said. The bus was returned to the highway.
