Corona demos will also take place in Bavaria on Sunday.
Several thousand demonstrators are expected in Munich - despite strict conditions.
The number of infections * is increasing:
The
partial lockdown
will therefore also begin in
Bavaria
from Monday
Demonstrators also took
to the streets
at the weekend to protest
the
measures
At the
Corona demo
in
Munich
, organizers want to
circumvent the requirements
with a
trick
Update from November 2nd
: After a protest meeting against the stricter Corona regulations, which was declared a service, the Bavarian Interior Minister Joachim Herrmann (CSU) announced strict controls.
"In the future, the police and assembly authorities will prevent such diversionary maneuvers from the start," Herrmann told the "Bild" newspaper (Tuesday).
Compliance with the infection control ordinance has "top priority and is consistently monitored by the police together with the other responsible authorities".
On Sunday, almost 2000 people protested against the new partial lockdown on Munich's Theresienwiese.
The organizer had declared the meeting to be a service.
The police broke off the event "as the event developed more and more towards the goal of a concert".
Herrmann said the operation on the Theresienwiese would be followed up in detail by the authorities.
The Vicar General of the Archdiocese of Munich and Freising, Christoph Klingan, told the “Bild” newspaper: “Our answers as a church are not conspiracy theories, black and white thinking or the instrumentalization of church 'formats' for political purposes.
Our answer is prayer, solidarity and simply responsible action. "
Update from November 1, 10:02 p.m.:
According to the police,
breaches of the
obligation to wear mouth and nose protection
occurred during the beginning of the corona demonstrations in
Munich
, and there were occasional reports.
For the general meeting of the demonstration against the corona measures on the Theresienwiese,
1,000 participants were
admitted
by the city of Munich
.
Corona demo in Bavaria: "lateral thinking 089" calls for a demo as a "church service"
In order to avoid these requirements, the leader of the demonstration announced that a
service
would be held instead of a rally
.
In Bavaria, outdoor services are allowed without a limited number of spectators.
However, according to the police, there was neither a
permit
nor a
hygiene concept
.
It was in the air about today's meeting.
- Police Munich (@PolizeiMuenchen) November 1, 2020
After an initial assessment, the police let the event continue, even though
1,900 people took
part in the demonstration.
Because, according to the police report, “the idea of a service could initially be followed, since the content and
character of a service were
recognizable”.
When the demo of the initiative “
lateral thinking 089
” turned more and more into a loud concert, the police intervened.
Since the organizer did not show understanding, the event finally ended at around 6:55 p.m.
Large demo in Munich: "Church service" against Corona?
Incident during protests in Northern Bavaria
First report from November 1, 6.41 p.m .:
All leisure activities were open for the
last time on
Sunday
before the “Lockdown light”
gastronomy
,
culture and leisure activities
close for November - as a reaction to the rising coronavirus numbers in Bavaria and Germany.
While the majority of
Bavarians took
to the streets in a regulated
manner
, opponents of the
partial lockdown also met
for
demonstrations
at the weekend
.
Among others in
Schweinfurt
and
Munich
.
Crosses and coffins with wreaths of flowers and flags of Germany adorned the stage on
Theresienwiese
in
Munich
.
In addition to a few speakers - among them the
television pastor Jürgen Fliege
-
1,700 people from Munich
had already
gathered
at the beginning of the
Corona demonstration
.
The initiative "
lateral thinking 089
" called for a rally.
The demonstrators wanted to protest against the federal government's tightened corona measures.
Update from the # Theresienwiese. # Muc0111 #Muenchen pic.twitter.com/ffCyhuk8Zt
- Marc Kniepkamp (@MK_Muc) November 1, 2020
Corona demo in Munich: "Lateral thinking 089" calls for a rally - or for a church service?
More than 10,000 demonstrators gathered here as early as mid-September, many of them without a mask or distance.
There
should also be a large number
on
Sunday
too.
However
, the city of
Munich
rejected the
initiative's multiple attempts to
register
5,000 demonstrators
.
Two courts upheld the limit of
1,000 participants
.
An organizer of the
“lateral thinking 089” demo
now
wants to defend itself
against the requirements
with a
little trick
.
"This is not about
freedom of assembly
, this is about a
church service,
" said the speaker before calling on the participants to pray with him.
Why do the organizers of the Munich demonstration against the coronavirus * measures want to turn their rally into a service?
Quite simply,
outdoor
worship services
in Bavaria do not have a limited
number of participants.
Does the pastor only talk about masks and distance at Sunday mass?
This is a political event packed into a mass!
And also advertising for Leipzig @PolizeiMuenchen can be danced around on the nose. # Muc0111 #Querdenker # lateral thinking089 #Cross-thinking pic.twitter.com/wKLWENYU2Y
- French Press 🌈🌈🌈 (@ArabicaKaffee) November 1, 2020
Corona demos in Bavaria: Police report mask refusers in Schweinfurt
The initiative's demo was the largest, but not the only Corona *
protest
in Bavaria.
In Schweinfurt, too,
demonstrators
fought against the conditions imposed by the
police
.
About
a hundred participants
joined the citizens' initiative “Parents Stand
Up
” on Sunday to protest against the
mask requirement in downtown Schweinfurt
to demonstrate.
Because 18 participants refused this very vehemently and did not want to wear a mask even after repeated requests, the police took action.
A spokesman confirmed to the
dpa
"The size of the event was approved, but on the condition that the participants wear masks." The
mask refusers
are therefore reported for a
violation of the Assembly Act
.
A flash mob was stopped, mask refusers were reported and the demo area was expelled.
The speakers again spread rumors and conspiracy myths.
#schweinfurt #corona #unterfranken #coronademo https://t.co/wOgd5yYSHy
- mainpost (@mainpost) November 1, 2020
The beginning of the
demonstration in Munich
, on the other hand, should have been calm at the beginning, confirmed the police of the
German press agency
on
Sunday afternoon
.
Coronavirus in Bavaria: Söder swears the population to one month of renunciation
Before
Bavaria went
into
partial lockdown
on Monday
to reduce the number of infections, many were still enjoying the last few hours in the Free State's culture and leisure facilities, as well as in restaurants and cafes.
From Monday, strict
contact
restrictions will
apply
: a maximum of
ten people
may come together - in private and public spaces.
Unlike in the spring of the first corona lockdown,
schools, day care centers
,
hairdressers
and
universities should
remain open.
(
vs
) *
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