Berlin
On the night from Friday to Saturday (12/13.01.2007) police entered for asecond time in this month the space of automoust center in Berlin "KÖPI".
This time they focused on the rooms of the cultural venue located in the hause. About 50 riot poliocmen and some other state-officials (there is still not information of what institutions ecactly were involved) occupied for about 1 hour these rooms and the yard of the house. They did not manage to enter any other community rooms or the house itself. Appart of the tipical harrasments during the ride they focused obviouslyon all materials (posters, flayers, banners, stickers ...) related to the anti-g8-mobilisation. Witnesses talk about some anti-g8 stickers being literaly "scratched down" out of the walls.
The people in the house were taken by surprise. However in about 1 hour around 100 people arrived to Köpi from all around the city to bring the end to this occupation. Supporters gathered on the street out of Köpi while people of the house locked themselves inside. Some people were watching police activities inside the rooms. When the pressure of the supporters on the cops become toescalate on the street police decided to get away. Angry people helped them with some faying objects.
In spontanious reaction on this obvious provocation, and certainly begining of the longer police strategy connected to the anti-g8 activities going on in the city, about 70 people blocked some streets and conduct spontanious demonstration through Kreuzberg-district in the middle of the night. Demonstration was stopped by cops after about 30 minutes. I do not have information about any arrestments so far.