Lützerath – 600 proceedings after eviction – Politics

The number of investigations into the eviction of Lützerath at the Garzweiler opencast lignite mine has risen sharply eight weeks later. According to the Aachen police, more than 600 procedures are now running, among other things through the evaluation of video recordings. 150 of them for assaulting police officers. Immediately after the end of the measures, the number of all reports was still 441. In addition, according to the police, 21 preliminary investigations are now being conducted against police officers. Some had been accused of violence by demonstrators. Lützerath was evacuated in a day-long police operation against the resistance of hundreds of climate activists. The energy company RWE wants to mine lignite there. At the top, up to 3,700 police officers were on duty at the same time in Lützerath. According to the police, 115 officers were injured, 56 of them without external influence.