From the BZ editorial team
Climate activists from the group “Last Generation” spray-painted several luxury shops on Kurfürstendamm.
They sprayed the orange color on the shop windows and facades with fire extinguishers on Saturday morning, as a dpa reporter observed on site.
“We can no longer afford the rich” was also on the group’s posters, as well as “Your luxury = our climate collapse”.
An activist with a protest sign in front of one of the daubed shop windows Photo: Reuters
“The richest Germans emit a thousand times as many greenhouse gases as the average. While the ordinary population has to bear the consequences, a few can still buy their freedom for a long time from the catastrophic consequences of the climate catastrophe, which they have played a major role in causing,” the group said about the protest action.
Police officers brought one of the chaotic people to the ground Photo: Reuters
According to the reporter on site, the activists on the Ku’damm were sometimes verbally abused, but there were also quiet discussions with some passers-by.
arrest of an activist Photo: Reuters
► The climate protection group Last Generation wants to paralyze Berlin for a long time with numerous disruptions and road blockades by hundreds of demonstrators. This is intended to push through their demands for a radical change in climate policy. Since Wednesday there have already been several sticking actions and blockades in the capital’s traffic.
In Berlin, almost 3,000 police investigations are already underway into coercion and dangerous interference in road traffic, trespassing, property damage and resistance to police officers. 800 blockers are known by name.
The police sent out hundreds of notices of fees for more than 241 euros, and in many cases repeat offenders received several requests for fees. So far, a few dozen blockers have been sentenced by courts to mostly small fines.