The claim
A video shows the violent use of police. It is titled “Federal police in action against demonstrators during a protest against rising energy prices”.
Our conclusion
The video is real, but has been put in a false context. It comes from a mission before the game between FC St. Pauli and HSV on October 14th, 2022.
There is no further information about the video or why the police had to use force here. Only the statement “Protest against rising energy prices” is given. The Facebook post about this is from October 25, 2022.
There is a note under the comments: “Video is real, only it was after the FC St.Pauly Bundesliga game” (sic!)
On October 14, 2022, the video was also published on Twitter, shared by “Fussballmafia.de”.
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Hamburg football derby FC St. Pauli – HSV
The video is from October 14, 2022. The Hamburg football derby between FC St. Pauli and HSV took place on that day. Before the game began, around 3,500 HSV fans marched through St. Pauli. The police, who were already increasingly deployed here, tried to keep the two fan groups away from each other, which led to clashes between the police and “Rotsport” Ultra fans of FC St. Pauli.
The police press release reports:
“Around 3:00 p.m., a planned HSV fan march with around 3,500 supporters set off from the Altona balcony towards the Millerntorstadion. Pyrotechnics (smoke pots, firecrackers) were occasionally ignited during the march. In the Reeperbahn and Hans-Albers-Platz area, various supporters separated from the elevator and headed towards the bars there.
When the fan march turned into the Glacischaussee, around 150-200 FC St. Pauli supporters ran from the stadium row onto the Heiligengeistfeld in the direction of the HSV fan march. Beforehand, they pulled their red scarves over their faces as disguises. During the separation of fans, the people were stopped and an attack was prevented.
A subgroup of the 150-200 FC St. Pauli supporters were subsequently taken into custody by the officers.”
Reference is also made to that video here:
“A video is circulating on the Internet which shows a detention using direct coercion by police officers. The review of the legality and proportionality of this measure is ongoing.”
In a Facebook post by NDR Hamburg, police spokeswoman Sandra Levgrün had her say:
“Such situations don’t look good. This has something to do with physical coercion, with direct coercion that we use on the spot. And these people are fighting back. In this respect, the situations look ugly, and that's not nice for the police either, but that's how it has to be. We can’t just let them go just because we feel resistance.”
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A report was filed
A complaint has been filed against the police officer seen in the video, reports NDR . As stated in the press release, the police are now examining the legality and proportionality.
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Conclusion
The video is real, but has nothing to do with a demonstration against rising energy prices.
It shows an incident from October 14, 2022, when there were clashes between the police and Ultra fans of FC St. Pauli before the Hamburg city derby. In the video you can see a “detention” by a police officer.
A complaint was filed against him and the police are now examining the proportionality and legality of the measure.
Source:
NDR , FC St. Pauli , press portal – POL-HH: 221014-4 , press portal – POL-HH: 221017-3
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