Around 400 people took part in the demonstration in Berlin-Kreuzberg on Sunday. Demonstrators are against fencing and night-time closure of Görlitz Park.
Berlin's police chief Barbara Slowik, however, once again spoke out in favor of fencing and closing off the park at night. The police found almost 5,800 crimes in the Wrangelkiez including the park area last year, Slowik told the Tagesspiegel. of the 5,000 crimes there, around a quarter, around 1,450, were committed in GörLitzer Park.