Mounted police ride over anti-nuclear activists in Germany

[kristopher]

Mounted police ride over anti-nuclear activists in Germany

German police cleared a sit-in of thousands of protesters attempting to block a shipment of nuclear waste and temporarily detained 1,300 people Sunday, officials said.

Hundreds of officers started evicting protesters from the rail lines near Dannenberg in the north of the country in the morning, police spokesman Stefan Kuehm-Stoltz said.

Those who refused to leave were detained on site for several hours, but all were eventually released by late afternoon. Only those who refused to divulge their identity to police were brought before judges.




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[ZombieHorde]

1. I see the US is not the only country stuck with a fucked up police force. nt

[jberryhill]

2. The US has a lot of police forces. Some are better than others

But I wonder what the response would be to a blockage of movement of high level radioactive material.

[ZombieHorde]

3. The response here in the US would probably be violent. nt

[PDJane]

4. Probably?

Certainly. The protesters would have been risking death.

[Karenina]

5. The farmers CEMENTED THEMSELVES to the tracks!

Now, THAT'S how it's done! :rofl: Took the police 16 HOURS to remove them! :woohoo:

[kristopher]

6. Ouch.

Now, that's dedication.