Six demonstrators sat on Veddeler Damm street on Tuesday morning with their hands and feet attached to the roadway with a mixture. The police were alerted at around 9 a.m. and brought in specialists. There were long traffic jams in the area.
Most recently, drivers and passers-by had reacted increasingly aggressively to the “last generation” blockades. Recently, a video on social networks showed how a truck driver dragged a demonstrator off the street during a blockade in Hamburg and then kicked him in the stomach.
The police initiated investigations. The group had nevertheless announced that they would continue to block the streets despite the hostilities. “We understand the anger of motorists, we are the valve for it,” said an activist from the group in an interview with NDR.
A few weeks ago, the leaders of the SPD and Greens parliamentary groups met with representatives of the group in Hamburg City Hall, and another meeting had also been loosely agreed. The blockade actions, however, continue.
The opposition criticizes the approach: “The increasing disruption is a tough endurance test for the port and logistics location. The business location Hamburg suffers from the obstruction strategy of some activists. Against this background, it is completely incomprehensible that red-green ennobles this group with political talks, ”said the Hamburg FDP member of the Bundestag Michael Kruse.
It cannot be conveyed to the general public that one can force one’s way into government politics in Hamburg by disrupting public order as violently as possible. “The legitimate political goals of efficient climate protection are being torpedoed by this group, which is becoming increasingly radical. Red-Green should focus on maintaining public order and stop talking to the last generation.”
AfD parliamentary group leader Dirk Nockemann said: “It cannot be that an extremist minority is harassing the majority.” The parliamentary group is demanding consistent punishment.
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