From BZ/dpa
After the raid on the climate protection group Last Generation, Berlin’s new justice senator Felor Badenberg (independent) described their blocking actions as “irritating” and “irresponsible”.
“Who is responsible if someone comes to the hospital too late?” said Badenberg of the German Press Agency. “As a society, we cannot approve of the fact that people here want to use violence to get their way, I find that absolutely irresponsible.”
Badenberg, who has been a member of the Senate for the CDU since April, called the actions of the climate glue “disconventional”. Of course it is good that young people are interested in politics, take to the streets and demonstrate. “What irritates me about the Last Generation is the form of protest they choose. I find it distressing that the activists use violence – in the legal sense – to coerce other people every day.”
ambulance disabled
The senator also criticized: “There are people who cannot pick up their children from daycare on time, cannot get to their parents who need care, and business people who cannot keep appointments, miss flights and have financial losses.”
Much more important for her, however, is the fact “that ambulances and fire engines, among other things, are obstructed and arrive late,” said Badenberg. “We have had cases where, among other things, there was a suspected stroke with shortness of breath and heart problems and where the ambulance arrived about 26 minutes later.”
Raid on the Last Generation: Police officers searched an object in Kreuzberg Photo: Spreepicture
Raid on climate stickers
The Bavarian criminal police searched the homes of members of the last generation in seven federal states on Wednesday. It was about allegations against the group on suspicion of forming a criminal organization and preparing criminal offenses.
Badenberg is also currently having its senate administration check whether the climate group is a criminal organization. The Berlin public prosecutor’s office did not consider this to be the case. The Potsdam Regional Court, on the other hand, had confirmed the initial suspicion of the formation of a criminal organization. However, it was not primarily about the road blockades, but about investigations into the disruption of public services and the dangerous intervention in air traffic. This related to attacks on the PCK refinery in Schwedt and a disruptive action at Berlin Airport.
The national director of the German Association of Judges, Sven Rebehn, also emphasized: “Of course, even a good cause such as climate protection does not justify any crimes. Freedom of expression and freedom of assembly end where criminal law begins.” Anyone who crosses this limit must answer to the judiciary. “The actions of parts of the climate activists have become increasingly radical in recent months. It is the task of the judiciary to react to this with the means of the rule of law and to enforce the legal system.”