Following right-wing extremist protests at Christopher Street Day (CSD) in Bautzen in eastern Saxony, the police union (GdP) is calling for closer coordination with organizers to protect against attacks. "The actual CSD demonstrations are well organized and protected by the police in close coordination with the organizers," said GdP chairman Jochen Kopelke to the Redaktionsnetzwerk Deutschland (RND/Saturday.)
"It is more difficult to protect the arrival and departure and events in the vicinity of a CSD when the community meets in clubs or elsewhere in the evening after a demonstration," the trade unionist pointed out. The police know where registered gatherings take place, but in case of doubt they do not know where the participants go to party afterwards. Kopelke appealed to the organizers of the CSD: "Talk to the police in advance, then we can protect them better."
