Hundreds of "lateral thinkers" were allowed to demonstrate against Corona measures in Munich during the curfew.
Critical voices are now also coming from police circles.
Update January 25th, 11:06 am:
"Every normal citizen has to be at home by 9 pm," wonders
Jürgen Ascherl
.
Opposite
picture
, the deputy state chairman of the
German police union in Bavaria
explains why he cannot fully understand the judgment of the administrative court.
Regarding
"lateral thinkers"
demonstrating until 10:15 pm,
Ascherl says: "From our point of view, you can
exercise your
freedom of assembly
until 8.30 pm, and then be at home by 9 pm, like everyone else".
The decision was also viewed critically by many police officers: "Large parts of the population and many colleagues see many contradictions in themselves here".
Corona lockdown in Munich: Demonstrating “lateral thinkers”, a curfew is already in place
Original notification:
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.
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
.
+
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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