Police clear up Tesla protest camp: activists in trees!

Police clear up Tesla protest camp: activists in trees!

Stand: 19.11.2024 10:48 a.m.

The protest camp of the Tesla opponents in the forest near the controversial car factory in Grünheide, not far from Berlin, is dissolved with all its might! The police have decided that the assembly can no longer be tolerated due to violations of public security and order. RBB reporter confirm that the officials have been in use since Tuesday morning to control the situation.

Over 100 police officers are on site, while speaker announcements ask the remaining occupiers to leave the area. But some activists, partly masked, have entrenched themselves in tree houses and refuse to go. The police have already started the “freedom” of the camp, but the resistance is strong. Five people have already been taken by the altitudes, while about ten more are in the trees.

activists in the pliers

The municipality of Grünheide has commissioned the police to examine the adjacent forest for ordnance, which makes it necessary to clear the protest camp. A safety radius of 50 meters must be cleared. The activists see the fighter search as an excuse to undermine their freedom of assembly and call for resistance. On Monday, 13 people had entrenched themselves at up to 30 meters to protest against the plans of Tesla, which contain an expansion of the work and the construction of a freight station.

, on the other hand, emphasizes that freedom of assembly is maintained as long as the protesters outside the blocking circle are. The clashes between the activists and the authorities are coming up, while the exams after fighting materials in the forest have been running since summer. The situation remains tense and the police will do everything possible to secure the area!