The police union demands preventive detention against climate activists - according to Carla Rochel, 21 of the "last generation" are already locked up in Bavaria.
She has homework for the government.
Berlin – After the police union (GdP) called for nationwide preventive detention against climate activists based on the Bavarian model, the “last generation” is now speaking up.
"Locking up people doesn't change anything about the facts of the climate crisis," said activist Carla Rochel to the Frankfurter Rundschau of
IPPEN.MEDIA
.
In an interview with the
editorial network Germany
, police union leader Jochen Kopelke said that preventive detention was "an effective instrument of the statutory order to avert danger".
In Bavaria, citizens can be detained for up to two months on the decision of a judge in order to prevent a serious administrative offense or a criminal offence.
The protest group "Last Generation" recently made headlines with blockades and daubing works of art.
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Climate activists from the environmental protection movement "Last Generation" are sitting on Prinzregentenstrasse in Munich and blocking traffic on November 21st.
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“Last generation” demands “safety measures at last” against climate change
"Prolonged preventive detention will not make us turn a blind eye to the growing reality of the atrocities of climate change," Rochel said.
"More people took to the streets in Bavaria last Monday, and 21 people are now in prison there." However, measures like those in the south of the country would not prevent the activists from continuing to demonstrate for their future.
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The 20-year-old recently told Markus Lanz that she herself had been arrested several times after demonstrations.
Federal Minister of Justice Marco Buschmann (FDP) had announced after recent protests in art museums that heavier penalties would be examined.
Representing the "last generation", Carla Rochel said that a government "is needed that adheres to our constitution and is finally taking the first security measures against climate collapse" - including a speed limit of 100 km/h on motorways or a permanent 9- euro ticket.
The environmental protection movement “Fridays for Future” also issued a statement
to
FR.de.
View the demand "with great concern" - the preventive detention is intended for terrorists, and not for "climate activists who peacefully protest against the inadequate climate policy." Protest is uncomfortable, but "a democracy has to endure." ( nak)
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