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Lateral thinker demo escalated: Video shows violent attack on police officers - water cannons protect vaccination center

2021-03-14T07:59:22.985Z


A “lateral thinker” demo with thousands of participants is spiraling out of control in Dresden. Police officers are attacked and pushed to the ground, water cannons are approaching.


A “lateral thinker” demo with thousands of participants is spiraling out of control in Dresden.

Police officers are attacked and pushed to the ground, water cannons are approaching.

  • Coronavirus pandemic in Germany

    : The hard lockdown * has been extended until March 28th.

  • In Dresden there is a large demonstration of the "lateral thinkers" against the Corona * measures.

  • The protest is spiraling out of control:

    demonstrators are fighting wildly with the police.

Munich / Dresden - Tumultuous scenes, and that in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic *: In Dresden this Saturday (March 13th) there were clashes between the police and the so-called lateral thinkers, who despite the ban on demonstrations against the Corona * policy in Germany * took to the streets.

Up to 5000 participants are said to have gathered in the state capital of Saxony, including around 1500 rioters.

Coronavirus pandemic in Germany: lateral thinker demo escalated in Dresden

As several media reports unanimously, the protests at times got completely out of control.

For example, the

MDR

reports

that demonstrators broke police barriers and did not comply with the officials' announcements.

Even more: there are photos and videos circulating on the Internet showing assaults on police officers.

“We are peaceful, what are you?” - Another video from #Dresden shows how “lateral thinkers” deliberately attack police officers.

# dd1303 pic.twitter.com/marsbRAvjc

- julius geiler (@glr_berlin) March 13, 2021

For example, the journalist Julius Geiler tweeted a video that documents how several alleged demonstrators - without face masks - kick a policeman and pull him to the ground.

Even when the officer is on the ground, he continues to be kicked.

“It is escalating, it is escalating,” can be heard again and again in the video.

The Saxony police then published their report on the operation in Dresden on Saturday evening.

Accordingly, four officers were injured.

The police also issued 49 dismissals, reported around 390 administrative offenses and found 32 criminal offenses.

On top of that.

Demo against corona measures in Dresden - water cannons protect vaccination center

As the

picture

reports, water cannons were even used at times to protect the Corona * vaccination center at the Ostragehege.

"The use of the water cannons is a precautionary measure because a larger group was heading in that direction," said a police spokesman.

The police got the situation under control again early on Saturday evening through roadblocks.

It was not until the night from Friday to Saturday that the Bautzen Higher Administrative Court confirmed the ban on demonstrations against the "lateral thinkers".

Nevertheless, the Saxon police were on site with a large contingent, they were supported by colleagues from North Rhine-Westphalia and the Federal Police.

Apparently this did not stop the rioters.

(pm) * Merkur.de is an offer from IPPEN MEDIA

Source: merkur

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