‘Everybody Went Totally Mad’: 2nd Night of Violence in Hamburg
By MELISSA EDDY and DAVID SHIMERJULY 8, 2017
HAMBURG, Germany — Tens of thousands of people swarmed into the streets of Hamburg on Saturday for demonstrations
against the Group of 20 summit meeting after two consecutive nights of clashes between the police and protesters.
"Come out, now more than ever!" In another part of the city, church and community leaders joined local politicians from Hamburg’s centrist parties to organize a demonstration
that proclaimed "Hamburg Shows Attitude." Several hundred people marched with blue, pink and yellow balloons, while others held signs with messages like "Make Global Trade Fair" and "Stop the Violence." Among the protesters was Michael Schmidt, 80, a writer, who had traveled to Hamburg from Munich with his son.
Holding signs that said "No G20," the marchers hoped to show
that a peaceful protest was possible after violence erupted on Thursday and Friday, when some protesters burned cars and smashed shop windows.
Another showed masked demonstrators in black clothes plundering a grocery store; in yet another, masked protesters could be seen being chased by masked
and heavily armed police officers against a backdrop of flames and smoke.
Schanzen rampaged that It is not acceptable.
