Before the weeks of the blockade by the “Last Generation” climate movement, the Berlin police stopped talking about dangerous people. So far, these have been run with activists to keep them from blocking the tenor: they should better stop actions that pose a threat to public order or security, the police will not tolerate that.
In the case of hooligans, domestic violence, stalkers, politically motivated offenders or in the area of clan crime, dangerous speeches are a tried and tested method. But the police have to give up when it comes to climate activistsshe has now recognized: all talk, every warning is useless.
The previously “dangerous speeches” carried out among activists of the “last generation” “were not carried out again in the run-up to the weeks of action now planned and are currently not planned,” said a police spokeswoman. The reasoning: Despite the threats made, “the people addressed repeatedly took part in actions”.
Electric car race stormed
Hundreds of climate activists want to “paralyze” Berlin indefinitely on Monday. The federal government should to more climate protection are forced. The protests should only end when the federal government responds to the group’s demands. On Sunday, the city highway at Tempelhofer Damm was closed for almost three hours for a protest concert.
Up to 420 participants took part in a bicycle demonstration there. According to the police, 500 people came to a rally of the “last generation” at the Brandenburg Gate in the afternoon. On the Tempelhof field six activists stormed the road of the electric car race “Formula E”. According to the police, the security service prevented them from sticking to the asphalt.
According to the climate group, almost 1000 people for the long-term protest reported from Monday. During the wave of blockades in October there were 80. It is unclear how big the scale will be. The police believe that the number of participants “in the lowest three-digit range is possible,” said a spokeswoman.
Whether the number is enough “to cause a more far-reaching disruption cannot be predicted with certainty”. The “Last Generation” had announced that they would bring the entire city “to a standstill”. In addition to sit-ins and sticking campaigns, she has been trying out new forms since Wednesday: Activists in larger groups simply walk slowly on larger streets and stop traffic.
Not a criminal organization
The public prosecutor’s office in Berlin sees no reason to classify the “Last Generation” as a criminal organization. In Brandenburg, on the other hand, the public prosecutor’s office in Neuruppin suspects that the Purpose of the group to commit crimes “sufficient weight”.
Reason are attacks on systems Oil refinery PCK in Schwedt. A spokesman for the Berlin public prosecutor’s office said that the possible suspicion of a criminal organization is being continuously examined and “is subject to permanent reassessment”.
In the interest of safeguarding the fundamental rights of others who are affected by the criminal offences, it is our primary goal to prevent the disruptions announced or, if they are not, to eliminate them as quickly as possible.
Berlin police chief Barbara Slowik
The police are prepared. “Also in the interest of safeguarding the fundamental rights of others who are affected by the crimes, our primary goal is to prevent the disruptions announced or otherwise eliminate them as quickly as possible,” said Chief of Police Barbara Slowik.
The police will bring criminals “consistently for the purpose of judicial ordering of custody to avert danger or to pre-trial detention”. Numerous officials are on duty and would “keep an eye on traffic junctions as well as access and exits to the city motorway and dissolve blockades”. It is also about the evidentiary prosecution and measures involving deprivation of liberty.
Some places that have already been the target of actions are particularly observed, undercover officers are also deployedin order to be able to stop actions “if possible immediately,” it said. Parliament and government buildings, embassies, diplomatic institutions, media institutions and “other symbolic locations” are particularly protected.
