Overview

• Around 60 members of Aktionsorchester Lebenslaute and the Zentrum für Politische Schönheit occupied the Bundespolizeipräsidium construction site between Horstweg and An den Kopfweiden.
• The activists performed classical and world music under the slogan “Mit Pauken und Trompeten gegen Grenzzäune und Raketen” to protest the Federal Police’s role in enforcing deportation policies.
• Police designated the gathering as an assembly, dissolved it at about 12:30 p.m., recorded participants’ personal data and filed charges for trespassing along with assembly-law violations.
• Protesters directed criticism at Federal Police chief Dieter Romann for his involvement in strengthening Germany’s border regime and urged officers to uphold their duty to remonstrate against unlawful orders.
• The action follows concerts at the Eisenhüttenstadt deportation center and precedes a planned performance at the Potsdam deserters’ memorial on Saturday.