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The right of assembly is currently severely restricted by the Disease Protection Law, regular demonstrations were not allowed on May 1. However, it has not remained calm everywhere. In Berlin there were skirmishes with the police until late at night.
Despite the crown ban, hundreds of people gathered in Berlin and Hamburg for illegal demonstrations on the night of May 1. In Berlin-Kreuzberg there were more than 1000 people walking close to each other in streets and squares, initially peacefully, after dusk there were disputes with police officers. Occasionally bottles and stones were thrown, emergency services were injured and police tweeted. According to Berlin Police Chief Barbara Slowik, 50 arrests have been made to date.
Using a water cannon, the police dissolved an unauthorized gathering of left-wing protesters in the Schanzenviertel district of Hamburg on Friday night. A police spokeswoman said officials had previously been thrown at objects. In addition, protesters dumped trash cans on the street and lit fireworks. Police officers finally moved forward and cleared the shoulder blade in front of the Rote Flora autonomous left center.
Before that, around 350 left-wing protesters had gathered in Reeperbahn despite the crown-related ban on the assembly. This assembly was also dissolved by the police. On a side street in Reeperbahn, police officers were also attacked by a group of about 20 people with pepper spray. Three officers had eye irritation, the attackers had escaped, the police spokeswoman said. A short time later, an ATM at a bank branch near the fish market was thrown against the floor tiles. Four suspects were arrested. Left-wing extremists in Hamburg had originally called for a “May Day Revolutionary Demo” on Friday night. However, the elevator was prohibited.
The limit is 20 participants.
The same protest event in Berlin, in which there were repeated clashes with the police in previous years, was canceled. Leftists and leftist autonomists had called for spontaneous action on the Internet. In the capital, helmeted officials kept pulling individuals out of the crowd. Sometimes there was violent resistance. Police constantly intervened, Police Chief Slowik said. Work is underway to initiate criminal proceedings. In addition to the arrests, nearly 100 people were identified. In addition, six people were to be brought before a judge.
Larger crowds of people are banned due to the pandemic. Attending unauthorized demonstrations is currently a criminal offense. The police were deployed on May 1 with a large contingent of 5,000 forces. According to the senator from the interior, 27 meetings were approved, each with up to 20 participants, including a car parade in the residential area of Grunewald.
In the 1980s and 1990s, thousands of people on the left scene fought street battles with the police on May 1 in Kreuzberg. In later years there were hours of demonstrations and short skirmishes. Finally, the street parties stopped the violence.
In the left-wing Connewitz alternative district in Leipzig, several hundred people demonstrated on May 1, more than 200 according to initial police estimates. The protesters were “masked” with face masks. The regulatory office had spontaneously accepted this, a police spokeswoman said. According to the police, the elevator was at peace.
