This morning turned into a pretty hectic situation with police and riot folks on the east side of Berlin (Rigaer Strasse 94).
If you aren't familiar with the street location and it's soap opera-like story.....it was a residence taken over by anti-capitalist/revolutionaries around 20 years ago. The owners and the occupant crowd have been at odds ever since.
Today, the city authority was supposed to conduct a fire-test, and that would allow the building to be certified as occupiable.
Well....things went 'south' and barricades were set up....stones were thrown at the cops, and fires in the street were started. Water cannons were brought out.
What the police say....around 200 masked folks attacked firemen, emergency personnel and police. Some stones were thrown from the rooftops.Presently, the police say around sixty of their folks were injured.
Odds of more action tomorrow? No one is saying much.
Best news source on this? Focus.
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