Overview

• On July 11, Forensis released a nearly continuous recording of the May 15 demonstration in Berlin-Kreuzberg that was authenticated by NDR and Süddeutsche Zeitung
• The footage shows officer BE24111 tripping over a demonstrator and then delivering multiple blows rather than being dragged down and kicked as police claimed
• Berlin Police and the Interior Ministry continue to uphold their original narrative that the officer was targeted and severely injured during the protest
• The Generalstaatsanwaltschaft Berlin has an open inquiry probing discrepancies between the official report and the new video evidence
• The case has intensified debates in Berlin over police transparency, protest freedoms and the rules governing force at high-tension assemblies