Wismar: Riots at Christopher Street Day | NDR.de – News

Around 2,100 people gathered on the market square in Wismar on Sunday evening. They celebrated the first Christopher Street Day (CSD) in the Hanseatic city with music, speeches, shows and a parade. According to the police, there were also people from the right and left camps among the mostly colorfully dressed revelers. Right-wing extremists had called for disruptive actions.

Policeman hit with pole

Various groups from the left and right scene meet at Wismar train station. The police tried to separate the two camps. During a scuffle at the train station, a 30-year-old man hit a police officer several times with a pole, slightly injuring him. He was taken into custody and an investigation is underway. Officers also confiscated a blank gun and a butterfly knife from two young people who, according to the police, noticed each other on their way to a counter-event. An investigation has been launched. In total, around 200 people from the right-wing extremist scene are said to have gathered unannounced.

Drese opposes disruptive actions

Social Minister Stefanie Drese (SPD) was present on the market square in Wismar and said of the disruptive actions that the state government would not accept that people were discriminated against and threatened because of their sexual identity or sexual orientation. At the CSD, demonstrators worldwide celebrate the rights of queer people, including gays, lesbians, bisexuals and transgender people.

Rights of queer people

Christopher Street Day originates from America and commemorates the uprisings of the queer community on Christopher Street in New York in 1969. The worldwide CSD demonstrations are about the equality of homosexual, transsexual, bisexual, queer and intersex people.

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In order to make it easier to report anti-queer crimes, the “CSD Rostock” association is also calling for appropriate contact options at the state police. more

She wanted to send a signal of solidarity within the LGBTQ community, including the lesbian, gay, transgender and queer community. more