During the major demonstration near Lützerath, demonstrators broke through the police barriers.
Luisa Neubauer is said to have been there.
The activist, meanwhile, blames the police violence.
Berlin – After the partly escalated demo near Lützerath, the discussion boiled up.
police violence?
Blame the protesters?
NRW Interior Minister Herbert Reul (CDU) is now making allegations against Luisa Neubauer.
The climate activist broke through the police barriers with the other demonstrators.
Allegations after the Lützerath demo: Luisa Neubauer is said to have broken through barriers
She was "marched forward", accused Reul Neubauer in an interview with
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"The assembly was somewhere else, what is it doing up there?" and "It was with the radicals," was his conclusion after the Lützerath demonstration.
Luisa Neubauer has not yet responded to a request from the editors.
In a post by Anne Will after the demonstration, Neubauer said she was in the group that also walked along the mine.
The field was confusing and you didn't get any exact assignments.
It is not possible to estimate exactly where Neubauer was in the demonstrating group and whether she broke through the police barrier.
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Greta Thunberg and Luisa Neubauer at the demo in Lützerath.
Neubauer is accused of having been part of the storming demonstrators.
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Neubauer and Reul after the Lützerath demo: the descriptions differ greatly
Neubauer and Reul met shortly after the Lützerath demo, where both Luisa Neubauer and Greta Thunberg were there.
The political program Anne Will showed different views of what was happening near the lignite mining area.
Neubauer described the actions of the police and the use of pepper spray and batons as "completely disproportionate."
"Many of those who were at the demo reported afterwards that they had never experienced police violence like this before, how people were bludgeoned, how pepper spray was used, how they were kicked, how they ran, how they really punched, I have experienced it too," she summarized the demo on Instagram in a live video.
Eviction of the village of Lützerath — activists and police meet
Eviction of the village of Lützerath — activists and police meet
Herbert Reul, on the other hand, saw the demonstrators as responsible.
Many people no longer kept to the agreements and broke through.
"Then stones flew, then Molotov cocktails flew, then firecrackers flew," said Reul on the show.
If requests do not help, “then the police will have to resort to coercive measures at some point and enforce the law.
The demonstrators are then responsible for that," said Reul in an interview with
IPPEN.MEDIA
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But the suspicion of disproportionate use is currently being investigated.
Every case "where there is reasonable suspicion that police officers have used disproportionate force" is being investigated, Reul said in an interview.
So far, five criminal proceedings have been initiated.
Meanwhile, RWE is demanding compensation from the activists in Lützerath.
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