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Human chains in Grevesmühlen and Schwerin against racism
The organizers spoke of around 500 participants who had joined themselves into a chain with colorful ribbons. Photo
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Almost a week after the alleged racist incident in Grevesmühlen, there are demonstrations in the town against violence and for solidarity. Around 460 people form a human chain.
Less than a week after the alleged racist incident involving a Ghanaian family, according to police in Around 460 people formed a human chain in Grevesmühlen. They wanted to demonstrate against violence and for solidarity.
The organizers spoke of 500 participants who had joined themselves with colorful ribbons to form a chain through the Ploggenseering prefabricated housing area. The incident had occurred in the residential area. According to the police, the action was peaceful.
Grevesmühlen’s mayor Lars Prahler (independent), Mecklenburg-Vorpommern’s culture minister Bettina Martin (SPD) and Wismar’s SPD member of the Bundestag Frank Junge took part in the human chain. A human chain was also formed around Schwerin Cathedral on Thursday evening to make a statement against racism. MV’s justice minister Jacqueline Bernhardt (Left Party) and Hamburg’s archbishop Stefan Heße also took part. Mecklenburg belongs to the Archdiocese of Hamburg.
Racist remarks during an argument
According to police, on Friday evening last week there was a physical altercation between a group of German youths and a Ghanaian father at Ploggenseering in Grevesmühlen, in which the man was slightly injured.
He wanted to confront the group after an eleven-year-old boy had tripped up his eight-year-old daughter. Racist remarks were reportedly made during the altercation. According to the police, charges of assault were also filed against the Ghanaian father.
The case made national headlines when police initially said that the eight-year-old girl had been kicked in the face and was injured. This information was later corrected.