From the BZ editorial team
New actions of the climate chaos also on Saturday in Berlin! They colored the water in the Neptune fountain at the television tower in Mitte black. There were also traffic blockades.
Some members of the “Last Generation” colored the water in the Neptune Fountain with black powder and doused themselves in black glue intended to look like petroleum. The police confirmed the action at the Neptune fountain to BZ.
However Apparently the climate chaotic people got lost in the action in Berlin, because they ended up at the wrong fountain: According to their own statement, they actually wanted to paint the fairy tale fountain in Berlin-Friedrichshain black. The slogans on their signs, “Oil = fabulous profits for a few”, also indicate where they actually wanted to go.
The dyeing campaign could be a criminal offense such as property damage, according to the police to the BZ: “A single-digit number of people is said to have been involved.”
This is what it looks like: The fairy tale fountain in the Volkspark Berlin-Friedrichshain Photo: dpa picture radio
Climate sticker with traffic blockades at Tauentzien and Hasenheide
According to the police, 18 people had previously sat down on Tauentzienstraße in City West in the early afternoon, four of them stuck themselves. About 100 onlookers also gathered on the road, as a police spokesman said. Emergency services ended the action within 30 minutes.
According to the police, around 100 supporters of the group started a strolling demonstration at Neukölln’s Hasenheide later in the afternoon. They walked extremely slowly across Gneisenaustrasse. This demonstration in the direction of Gleisdreieckpark has been registered and will be accompanied by the police, the spokesman said.
Berlin police chief for five days in custody
In view of the blockades that have been going on for days, Berlin’s police chief Barbara Slowik is pleading for the possibility of five days’ detention. “It’s about preventing repetitive crimes by groups,” Slowik told the “daily mirror“. A five-day period would help to decimate the number of potential protesters. Two days of so-called preventive custody are currently possible in Berlin.
Slowik said the detention would also be an option to prevent crimes at events that last over a longer period of time, for example for hooligans at football tournaments, where there is a risk of attacks or domestic violence.
According to the group, they have been trying to “bring Berlin to a standstill” for about ten days. She calls for urgent action to combat climate change. According to initial information, the police have registered around 80 road blockades since then and initiated 708 criminal and 431 administrative offense proceedings.