Overview
- Interior Minister Roman Poseck told the Hesse Landtag’s Interior Committee that the large-scale operation prevented more serious violence and that most participants were peaceful.
- Authorities are evaluating numerous video recordings as part of an extensive post-operation review, with final cost accounting still pending from other states.
- Poseck said there are currently no police findings that clearly identifiable journalists were restricted, and he plans a meeting with the DJV following the union’s complaints.
- The DJV reported that reporters were hindered during coverage, including being denied access to the exhibition hall despite press IDs.
- The November 29 protest in Gießen drew about 25,000 people, saw clashes and dispersed blockades, left more than 50 police officers injured—including a Berlin officer with a broken hand—and prompted multiple criminal complaints alleging bodily harm in office.