By Michael Behrendt
The state is finally responding! After numerous and kilometer-long traffic jams on Berlin’s streets due to nerve adhesive, the public prosecutor’s office has now applied to the district court for penal orders in 17 cases!
A total of 175 cases against climate activists are pending, in five of which the identity of the accused is unclear.
After the police union had demanded that the costs of clearing the climate stickers be passed on to those who caused them by commissioning private companies to do the job, a vehement political discussion arose.
The CDU and SPD joined the demand, the Berlin police opposed it – although the union actually wanted to protect the officers from being reported by the blockers for bodily harm. Because police officers had to use hammers and chisels in the past evictions because the activists used a strong adhesive mixture.
The announcement of the new figures by the Berlin public prosecutor’s office could further intensify the discussion.
As a rule, penal orders are about issuing fines for coercion and resistance against law enforcement officials. This can also be done without an oral hearing. However, the accused can defend themselves against it, so that it would come to the process.
Individual politicians and police unions had called for speeding up criminal proceedings against blockers. Justice Senator Lena Kreck (left), however, spoke out firmly against interference in investigations. It had been agreed with the interior authorities to optimize cooperation with the police and public prosecutor’s office.
SPD man Tom Schreiber: “If Reich citizens were to stick to it, the Left and Greens would have taken action long ago.“
