Alternative ways of life and the rule of law are not always compatible.
The evacuation of a car camp in Berlin is accompanied by riots.
Berlin - After the clearing of the "Köpi-Platz" and a subsequent protest demonstration, Berlin's Senator for the Interior, Andreas Geisel, condemned violence and riots.
According to the internal administration, the SPD politician said that it was “not a political stance, but a blind rage to destroy”.
“It's destructive and doesn't solve a single problem.
The state will not give way to threats of violence.
The rule of law is a valuable asset and must always prevail. "
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Berlin also needs freedom for unconventional forms of living and alternative projects.
“It's part of our city,” said Geisel.
“But these free spaces must not be free spaces.” The property of uninvolved people was destroyed and police officers attacked and injured.
"There is nothing to justify that."
The Berlin SPD top candidate Franziska Giffey also emphasized on the RRB information radio that violence is not a means of political conflict. "What happens in the city when it comes to the lawful evacuation of places that people are of the opinion to enforce their will with massive violence against police forces, that is not okay," said Giffey. It is important to back up the police and emergency services. That is why the exploratory paper for a new coalition of the SPD, the Greens and the Left provides a clear commitment to expanding the workforce, "to support those who ensure that the rule of law is enforced".
On Friday the police had cleared the car camp "Köpi-Platz" with heavy equipment.
The square on Köpenicker Straße was seen as a symbolic project of the left-wing autonomous scene in Berlin.
The property owner had fought for the evacuation in court.
According to the police, 76 people were arrested and 46 emergency services injured in connection with the eviction.
Two of the injured officers had to end their duties, it said in a statement on Saturday evening.
17 people were provisionally arrested in the course of a demonstration on Friday evening in the Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg district.
Criminal investigations have been initiated, among other things, because of particularly serious breaches of the peace, resistance to law enforcement officers and assault, attempted dangerous bodily harm and damage to property.
40 police officers were reportedly injured in the elevator, which was accompanied by violent riots.
The number of emergency services in the period from October 14 to 16 was therefore around 3500. The Berlin police received support from Brandenburg, Bavaria, Hesse, Rhineland-Palatinate, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, Lower Saxony, Bremen and the Federal Police.
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