BERLIN, July 15 A protest march of supporters and supporters of feminist ideas against Rammstein concerts took place in the German capital, a correspondent reports from the scene.
On July 15, 16 and 18, Rammstein concerts will take place in Berlin.
Earlier, Berlin cultural senator Joe Cialo told the DPA news agency that despite a petition against the band's concerts in Berlin, there were no legal grounds for them to be cancelled. About 60,000 tickets were sold for each of the concerts to be held at the Mercedes-Benz Arena.
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» The patriarchal violence evident in the Rammstein case is not an isolated case, but a system. Therefore, we are protesting on Saturday, July 15, against the Rammstein concerts in Berlin, «says the announcement of the organizers on the Twitter channel «Kein Rammstein in Berlin». (No Rammstein in Berlin).
By the beginning of the protest, several hundred people and several dozen police cars had gathered on the square in the Westend district. The participants of the demonstration carried placards and banners with the inscriptions «Only yes means yes!», «Do not give a stage to criminals.»
Before the start of the protest movement, the organizers called for people with Rammstein T-shirts to leave the demonstration.
Several dozen police squads stopped the movement of cars and accompanied the procession to the end point (Mercedes-Benz Arena), where the demonstrators once again protested against the group's «patriarchy» and called for a ban on its concerts.
Despite the numerous presence of the band's fans near the arena, the demonstration was peaceful.
Earlier, a girl named Shelby Lynn accused Till Lindemann of adding drugs to her drink before a Rammstein concert in Vilnius. Following the incident, a number of women anonymously approached the NDR radio station and the Süddeutsche Zeitung, making serious accusations against the frontman.
Sam Lindemann hired lawyers who are ready to prove the innocence of their client in court. His lawyers will file a lawsuit against those who spread the rape allegations, and will also check a number of media outlets for lack of neutrality in reporting the circumstances of the case.
Forensic experts were also hired, who determined from photographs circulating on social media of Lynn showing bruises on her body that the bruises were most likely the result of an accident, and not violence with someone else. side.