Overview

• Around 180 people took part in the demonstration in Charlottenburg on August 2, with about 250 officers deployed to secure the route on Tauentzienstraße.
• Some 50 participants staged a sit-in on a roadway and sidewalk near the Gedächtniskirche after organizers declared the rally over, prompting police clearance.
• Officers employed shoving and pressing maneuvers plus pepper spray to remove protesters who linked arms in an attempt to breach a police cordon.
• Authorities arrested more than 50 demonstrators during the operation and briefly detained a child who allegedly threw a bottle at officers before returning the minor to guardians.
• The operation has reignited debates over Germany’s balance between assembly rights and public-order enforcement under laws banning extremist slogans.