Thousands of lateral thinkers gathered at the Brandenburg Gate on Friday, one day before the planned Corona demonstration. A court had overturned the ban on protests.
- The organization Querdenke had registered another demonstration against the corona restrictions for tomorrow.
- The ban on the gathering has now been overturned by the court, but the police have appealed against it.
- Now, a day before the registered demonstration station, a thousand lateral thinkers have already gathered in Berlin.
Update, 9:06 p.m.: With regard to the registered corona demonstration on Saturday, " Fridays for Future " called for counter-protests via Twitter. “Of course, with a distance and mask - and be careful, experience has shown that corona deniers are latently aggressive. We don't leave our city to the Nazis! ”Writes the movement's social media team.
At the moment it looks like the demos for # Berlin2908 could take place after all - see you with numerous counter-protests! With distance and mask, of course - and be careful, experience has shown that corona deniers are latently aggressive.
We don't leave our city to the Nazis!
Update, 8.45 p.m.: According to the police , the registered rally of around 1500 people at the Brandenburg Gate was peaceful, but several appeals were necessary to keep their distance. The police initially spoke of 120 participants in the early evening, but updated the statement around 8:30 p.m.
First report: Around a thousand lateral thinkers gathered at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin on Friday evening . This is shown by rbb reports, a live image section and several video and photo posts on the Twitter social network . According to the Bild reporter, around 150 to 200 people have also gathered at the Russian embassy . Apparently, these are mainly conspirators and Reich citizens .
Around a thousand lateral thinkers are already at the Brandenburg Gate. Including imperial citizens and QAnon believers. Gaps are nil. The police have just announced over the loudspeaker that the meeting will be relocated to Potsdamer Platz. # b2808 pic.twitter.com/at96LUgMjQ
- julius geiler (@glr_berlin) August 28, 2020The gathering is a “dress rehearsal” for Saturday announced online by the organization lateral thinking711. According to the flyer, 25,000 participants are registered.
Corona demos in Berlin: Police lodge a complaint against the decision of the administrative court
Originally, the organization had registered a demonstration against the Corona * restrictions for tomorrow . The Berlin police banned the demonstration because the officials believed there was a risk that infection control rules * would not be observed. In this case , the police relied on the experience after the demonstrations on 1 August. More than 20,000 people deliberately disregarded hygiene requirements during their protests. In addition to corona deniers and radical opponents of vaccinations, many participants with clearly right-wing flags or T-shirts could be recognized in the crowd.
However, the ban on the demonstration was overturned on August 29 by the Berlin Administrative Court. The reason: the notifier provided 900 files and a hundred de-escalation teams and accordingly made “adequate precautions”. That the distance requirement was "deliberately disregarded" at the event registered for 22,500 people was not evident. The police have now lodged a complaint against the decision. The administrative court announced a final decision for this Friday evening. * Merkur.de is part of the nationwide Ippen-Digital editors network.
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