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May Day ‘revelers’ in Germany torch a fleet of Amazon trucks, pelt cops with eggs and stones
American Thinker ^ | 05/02/2024 | Olivia Murray

Posted on 05/02/2024 10:44:53 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

“Mostly peaceful” has been eclipsed as the most ludicrous euphemism for violence and anarchy by a newly-coined German invention: “mostly trouble-free.”

Yes seriously—that’s how German police and media described the chaos of April 30th, or the night before May Day, where “protesters” hurled eggs and rocks at law enforcement and masked agitators “torched” a fleet of Amazon delivery trucks.

Here’s the story, from a report out at Breitbart News yesterday:

Berlin Police deployed 3,100 officers overnight in Berlin and despite some clashes and incidents of thrown eggs and stones, Die Welt notes the force said the five protests city-wide were ‘mostly trouble-free’.

Yet the night was not totally uneventful, and in Berlin, a group of 16 Amazon delivery vans were torched, and totally destroyed. Newspaper Bild reports the initial police investigation indicates it was an act of arson, and that ‘Witnesses claim to have seen several masked perpetrators at the Amazon vans.’

Here is a sample of the “mostly trouble-free” participants, some announcing “f–k you Israel” and “f–k you Germany” (first through a megaphone, then repeated by the crowd), others condemning the pro-Israel posture of German government:

 

Tension mounted in Berlin as approximately 2,000 people took to the streets for the annual May Day eve protests, fueled by outrage over the ongoing Gaza genocide. red. Media is on the ground.

The protest was met with a massive police presence, with authorities deploying 3,000 officers to manage the situation and imposing harsh restrictions on the protesters. The Berlin police have announced plans to deploy nearly 6,000 units on May Day, expecting confrontations on the streets.

Berlin's police crackdown has intensified in recent weeks, targeting Palestine solidarity activists, such as forcibly clearing a protest camp ...


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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Foreign Affairs; Germany; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: amazon; antifa; berlin; hamas; labor; mayday; terrorism

1 posted on 05/02/2024 10:44:53 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

Oh, and here’s this, also from Breitbart:

It was reported that in advance of the demonstrations beginning today, local residents reported to Berlin police that strategically placed piles of stones and roofing tiles were spotted along the planned route of some marches. The city’s conservative mayor said he would ‘not tolerate’ criminals throwing stones at police officers. He said: ‘When I hear there are deposits of stones and roof tiles in this city, then this is not a trivial offence. This is an act with a high probability of causing serious injury, or worse’.

Stacks of “construction” material that conveniently placed near the sites of where the “protests” and “marches” are set to occur? Construction material that can easily double as dangerous and destructive projectiles if the mob mentality takes over the crowd of “mostly-peaceful” protesters? Now where have we seen this before?

2 posted on 05/02/2024 10:45:58 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

Augusto Pinochet had the right approach to dealing with Marxists.


3 posted on 05/02/2024 10:51:16 AM PDT by No name given (Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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To: SeekAndFind

During Leyland Vitters show last night, a university professor said he had just come from a glorious May Day Celebration. Of course, he supported Hamas and the Students for Justice in Palestine.


4 posted on 05/02/2024 10:59:16 AM PDT by griswold3 (Truth, Beauty and Goodness. )
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To: No name given

Find a grove of tall trees and 'decorate' them...



5 posted on 05/02/2024 11:01:21 AM PDT by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Well, if they’re going to throw a mix of eggs and stones, maybe the response should be a mix of beanbags and bullets.


6 posted on 05/02/2024 11:11:11 AM PDT by bigbob
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To: SeekAndFind

Afrians/muslims ?


7 posted on 05/02/2024 11:16:29 AM PDT by butlerweave
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It’s the only way.


8 posted on 05/02/2024 11:29:49 AM PDT by mrmeyer (You can't conquer a free man; the most you can do is kill him. Robert Heinlein)
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