Bullshit! Before the G-20 summit, the Hamburg authorities had already stated that they were expecting 8000 “terrorists” to come to Hamburg to disrupt the summit.
Journalists who were on scene described the antifa mob as an “army.” Look through YouTube to see what they mean — masses of masked, black bloc thugs armed with clubs and other homemade weapons there to attack and do harm. There are numerous videos showing them swarming and beating isolated police officers and independent journalists.
They went down residential streets torching every car parked on the street. They launched powerfully explosive fireworks into the air above the city.
From Handelsblatt Global: “ Nearly 500 police officers were injured, including 476 who required medical treatment after being struck by flying objects in the riots and two helicopter pilots who were flashed in the eyes with lasers. Police also said that 186 people were detained and a further 225 people arrested in what one spokesman described as a “new dimension” of violence on the part of protesters. Shops were looted, cars and wooden pallets and trash cans set ablaze. Police fired water cannons and pepper spray at masked protesters, who were hurling bottles and stones. Many shops in the city decided to close their doors Saturday rather than risk more violence.”
“ Ms. Merkel condemned the violence on Saturday and pledged federal aid for Hamburg and those affected to rebuild. Interior Minister Thomas de Maizière said: “The brutality with which these extremely violence-prone thugs acted yesterday and the day before is incomprehensible and appalling. These are not demonstrators, these are criminals.”
The police were not prepared for such a large and violent mob. That is their only fault in all this.