This is mostly based off public TV reporting.
1. This riot started when some 19-year old kid was taken by the cops for a drug-related situation. This was in central Stuttgart, near the Palace Gardens area. An event party was going on at the time, and police say that around 200 to 300 teenagers reacted to this (rocks, etc).
2. At the peak, near 300 police were downtown and trying halt the riot. Somewhere around 4AM, things calmed.
3. Nine shops were completely looted, with another forty-odd shops in some stage of damaged.
4. Twenty-four folks arrested....half are German....half are non-German.
5. At least 19 police officers were wounded in the riot.
6. Antifa? No. This appears to be simply teenagers from around the city, with alcohol consumption or drug use (my belief) as part of the problem.
7. There's a request for a special hearing for the state Interior Committee, to discuss teenage behavior and crime like this. Hard to say where this will lead onto....maybe a curfew for those under 18....maybe serious jail-time for anyone with drug activity.
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