North Rhine-Westphalia’s Interior Minister Herbert Reul (CDU) took the police into protection on Sunday evening. have this “highly professional” worked, he said on the ARD talk show “Anne Will”. The German activist Luisa Neubauer contradicted this, from her point of view the operation was disproportionately violent. But he will have every case of inappropriate police violence investigated. “We’ve seen a movie or two on the web where we’re like, ‘This doesn’t look good.’ We’ll take a close look at that, we’ve also filed a criminal complaint just to be on the safe side, because I think it needs to be checked”, he referred to the practice of recent years. But it’s not as if there were en masse at the demo “crazed cops” been on the way. He would have wished the organizers of the demo to clearly distance themselves from violence, but that didn’t happen.
“In no way professional”
Climate activist Luisa Neubauer contradicted this and accused the police of a disproportionately violent operation on the show. “It didn’t look professional in any way”, she criticized – and pointed out that according to a paramedic for the demonstrators, many people had been seriously injured by the police. The protest against it was peaceful.
Police continue evacuation of climate protest village Lützerath
Water cannon, batons and pepper spray
According to the police, around 1,000 people, most of whom were masked, were on the edge of the large demo “disruptor” tried to get into the cordoned-off area of Lützerath. The police used water cannons, batons and pepper spray. Twelve people were arrested or taken into custody. According to the police, nine activists were taken to the hospital by ambulance. A spokeswoman for the demonstrators’ medical service said it was one “high two-digit to three-digit number” injured by participants.
On Sunday, the police completed the evacuation of the protest village at the Rhenish opencast lignite mine, except for two activists who are still holding out in a tunnel. Most of the buildings had already been demolished on Sunday – including the farm of the last farmer from Lützerath. According to a police statement, the total of 35 “tree structures” as well as almost 30 wooden constructions cleared. Almost 300 people were taken away, resulting in four acts of resistance. Since the eviction began, 154 investigations have been initiated.
The energy company RWE assumes that the demolition of Lützerath will be completed soon. It is expected that the dismantling will take eight to ten days, said a spokesman for the “Rheinische Post” (Monday). “In March or April, the mine could then reach and excavate the former village.” The police want to remain on site until the end of the dismantling.
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