critical mass - prelude in Hamburg

souls / doppeldrei 27.05.2007 00:08 Themen: G8 G8 Heiligendamm
A critical mass happened this afternoon as a prelude to the ASEM-Meeting in Hamburg. 350 highly motivated hobbyist cyclists went on their way into the city to interrupt traffic - and they made it.
A critical mass happened this afternoon as a prelude to the ASEM-Meeting in Hamburg. 350 highly motivated hobbyist cyclists went on their way into the city to [shut down] traffic - and they made it.

At around 16:30, in time for the rushhour in Hamburgs city it started. From Grosse Bergstrasse in Altona, around 300 cyclest went on their way, while another 50 started from the main trainstation. Slowly getting into the traffic .. get a feel for what is possible. The group from the train station had nice company, three police busses closed down traffic behind them. Traffic got stickier.
Until then everything was still relaxed. Near to Laizshalle this should change. Four Wannen came directly at them, from direction Heiligengeistfeld some motorcycled cops, and out of the Wannen that so far followed them peacefully, suddenly the cops came to arrest around 20 people. The rest of the group fled into the "Planten un Blomen" park.
From there on it got hectic. With the police being all over, a few got back together and on their way to Altona. Another group got driven into a dead-end by the police, personal details were taken, custodies made.
Other smaller and larger groups got stopped and partly taken into custody all over the city, with the cops being kind of harsh in the city center. Police cars driving in front of cyclists to stop them, cyclists torn from their bikes while driving.
According to tickers, most peole had been set free by the evening.

People on the sidewalks and the streets got attracted by this and the chorus of the cyclists, and when realizing the cause of this happening, started encouraging and supporting the effort. It looked a little different with people behind stearing wheels, but it seems a part of this society sympathizes with activities against the G8 meeting. This for sure also is a reaction on the latest snorting of the authorities in recent days. Not to mention the criminilization of the protest movement against the G8 meeting - turns out we all really are terrorists.

One more thing said: the cops rarely appeared that unorganized before. Rushhour traffic got impacted heavily. Cyclists being here, and then there. Just through some small park and no one knew how to follow.

The streets are ours, stop G8!
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