Hundreds of "lateral thinkers" were allowed to demonstrate against Corona measures in Munich on Sunday evening.
There are numerous critical voices online.
Munich - Several hundred supporters of the
"lateral thinking"
movement
demonstrated
on Sunday evening (January 24th) in downtown
Munich
* in front of the
administrative court
building
.
The police were on duty with around 500 officers, as a local spokesman confirmed.
Corona lockdown in Munich: Demonstrating “lateral thinkers”, a curfew is already in place
The organizer had registered
around 1000
participants
in advance with the authorities.
The Munich
district administration department (KVR),
however, approved 200 participants and justified this with the currently applicable state
Corona
* rules
.
A complaint against this was lodged with the Bavarian Administrative Court.
The judges decided on Sunday lunchtime that a maximum of 200 people could attend the meeting.
However, it was allowed to last until 10.15 p.m. and thus more than an hour longer than the
curfew
, which comes into force at 9 p.m.
Corona Munich: Police take stock after the "lateral thinker" demo
On Sunday evening, the Munich police took
stock
: At the peak shortly after the start of the meeting, around 300 demonstrators were present * (200 were allowed), who
largely observed
the
minimum distances
.
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The police counted up to 300 demonstrators in Munich on Sunday evening.
© Markus Götzfried
The chairman of the meeting duly
advised
the participants of the necessary distances and the obligation to wear a
mouth and nose covering
.
"Occasionally, people were approached by the police," says a press report.
Munich: Twitter users complain after Corona demo - "absurd theater"
At 10.15 p.m. the meeting was finally ended by the chairman of the meeting.
Shortly before the start of the “Querdenker” demo, a counter-meeting with around 35 participants had been registered.
"In order to keep the two meetings separate, the participants in the opposing meeting had to be pushed away for a short time," summarized the police.
However, there
were no
notable incidents during the
mission
.
The decision of the Administrative Court to allow the demo to end after 9 p.m. was hotly debated online.
“Absurd theater in Munich.
On the street, in
lockdown
.
After 9 p.m. “, wondered a Twitter user.
“In Munich there is a curfew until 9 p.m.
This demo can run until 10 p.m.
It is already clear to you that nobody takes you seriously any more, ”said another post to the address of Bavaria's Prime Minister
Markus Söder
.
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List of rubric lists: © Markus Götzfried
