What really happened at the Covid protest in Berlin? CHD's Senta Depuydt reports
The German media are reporting 38,000 people in attendance on August 29 in Berlin while YouTubers claim one million or more. Not a word is being mentioned about Robert Kennedy's presence at the event on official networks even as the historic speech of the former U.S. president's nephew floods social media. Never has the gap between the institutional press and the alternative media been so wide. What really happened.. Germany experienced one of the biggest demonstrations in its history on August 29, despite repeated attempts by the Berlin authorities to ban the event. ...Protesters poured in early in the day and more than 3,000 police were deployed in the city. They carried out numerous roadblocks and pushed back several dozen buses arriving in the city to prevent the various processions from making it to the protest. In several streets, protesters were surrounded and "confined" for hours without being allowed to move. Fortunately, things remained peaceful, and many attendees, including some of Ghandi's followers, began to sing 'Liebe polizei macht die strasse frei' or "dear policemen free the street," and some began to meditate while patiently accepting the situation. ...the journey of the crowd gathered around forty podiums and rebroadcast screens, as well as in dozens of alleys and nearby streets suggests that there were certainly more than a million people in Berlin that day. .....organizers of these events start each by clearly distinguishing themselves from any political movement, any form of extremism or any racist ideology. This is why the government and the international alliance that supports it are all the more determined to make citizens' movements look like those of Nazis. It later became known that numerous police violence incidents took place against peaceful men and women who had shown no aggression or resistance. Filmed by the crowd, more than a dozen videos show similar scenes where three to four GIGN-style robocops pushed people to the ground and some people were beaten as well. These images, which also evoke police violence against yellow vests in France and around the world, were a shock to many German citizens and some of the police. More and more, military and police officers are choosing to publicly express their disagreement with the policies being imposed by authorities. ..The Berlin demonstration could be a key moment, a moment of awakening consciences around the world. Berliners put forth a strong message: The time has come to show that it is possible to abandon governance based on fear, control and discrimination, and that we can all move forward together in a free and open world, a world that is above all, human.