Process against drivers: climate crisis or assault?

In Linz, a 56-year-old driver who is said to have driven to a group of climate activists on July 30 will be on Wednesday. In view of the severe allegations of coercion and assault, he threatens a prison sentence of up to one year in the event of a conviction. The public prosecutor has accused the man after it turned out that he was honking the demonstrators of the organizations "Extinction Rebellion" and "Last Generation", which paralyzed early traffic on Wiener Strasse. This is reported by the Volksblatt .

In this incident, there was a collision in which both a man and a woman were injured. While the video is spread by the incident, the police confirmed that there is a complaint for assault and coercion. Interestingog, the video shows that the driver got slower at the beginning, but still drove his car while he caught the demonstrators. A climate activist is also said to have claimed to have dropped on the vehicle of the vehicle, which is decided by a spokesman for "Extinction Rebellion". "There can be no question of this, you can see that on the video," said the clear statement, the Kurier to.

The consequences of the incident

The two injured activists are physically stable, but apparently traumatized by experience. The police emphasize that the demonstration itself was peaceful and that the activists had blocked the traffic in several places before they left the grounds voluntarily. Nevertheless, the incident is perceived as a serious attack on the protest movement, and it remains to be seen which legal consequences of the drivers should be expected.