Know your enemy - dealing with the German police

Some information and PDF resources on what to expect from German police forces during the G8 summit in June 2007.

On demonstrations

- Bring your ID/passeport/visa, coins, phone card, health insurance card and 10 euro, a first aid kit and any medication you need on a regular basis.
- Protective gears like helmets are forbidden, as are any clothes that you could use to mask or costume.
- Don't take anything you would not need, erase your phone memory and leave all notes and contacts.
- Avoid contact lenses and oily body cream in case of tear gas. Take some lemons.
- Be careful to who you speak during actions and avoid taking people's faces in pictures or video.
- Don't go alone to actions; stay grouped all the time, during, before and after. Watch your friends.
- Make human chains to prevent Snatch Squads. Do the same if they try to arrest you!
- If people are arrested, note their name, birth date, address and nationality and report to the Legal Help (EA), telephone +49 3820 476 8111

If you are arrested:

- Shout your name, birth date, address and nationality to the other people around.
- To the police just give your name, address, birth date and nationality.
- Ask the reasons of your arrest.
- NEVER EVER SIGN ANY PAPER!! Call EA immediately.

See also:

Telephone number of the G8 Legal Team (EA)
Guide to public order in Germany
Rote Hilfe Antirepression Guide - online now

Guide to public order in Germany - Know your enemy!

From Gipfelsoli Infogruppe: "We made a presentation that keeps you informed about police preparations in germany: what they do, where they have their barracks, what is army doing, infos about the fence, and how to cope with all that.

The second part contains information on german police strategies, traumatization and gives you helpful information on how to deal with it.

Finally some hard working translators did great job and translated into english and danish. Find it at the links below. They are in PDF format."

English
Deutsch
Danish

UK Visitors Guide

This guide to german protest culture, demonstration, police forces and repression might of interest for UK visitors . Take a look at http://dissentnetzwerk.org/files/UK_visitors.pdf

See also this site's Resources section for more information on German police tactics, the legal system and your rights, visas and other useful stuff.

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