Berlin Riot

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Berlin Riot – 1st May 2020

1st May 2020 Berlin. During the first wave of the Covid pandemic that swept across the planet, the usual May Day celebration in Berlin turned into a revolt for civil rights against the unconstitutional German government’s coronavirus measures

Thousands people have ignored a ban on groups of more than 20 to gather in Berlin to mark the annual holiday for workers’ rights. Authorities deployed 5,000 police officers to break up unauthorized protests.

There were clashes, even violent, (with several injured, arrests, and charges to the media) between peaceful demonstrators and the police who were trying to enforce distancing restrictions on the demonstrators, who instead vented by raising their voices, finding this demonstration as an outlet for months of lockdown.