{"id":181102,"date":"2023-09-08T15:04:51","date_gmt":"2023-09-08T15:04:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?p=181102"},"modified":"2023-09-08T15:04:51","modified_gmt":"2023-09-08T15:04:51","slug":"furious-motorist-punches-and-kicks-eco-protesters-on-german-road","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/world-news\/furious-motorist-punches-and-kicks-eco-protesters-on-german-road\/","title":{"rendered":"Furious motorist punches and kicks eco protesters on German road"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Furious motorist throws eco protester to the side of the road, punches and kicks another before slapping a third as their group stages sit-down protest on German highway<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Shocking video captured the moment an enraged man leapt into the B36 road<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>He slapped, punched and kicked protesters in road before dragging them away<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This is the moment a fed up motorist resorted to violence to break up a street-blocking eco-protest in Germany.<\/p>\n<p>Shocking video captured the moment an enraged man leapt into the B36 highway near the Victoria Tower in Mannheim and began punching and kicking a series of activists from Last Generation &#8211; a German climate protection movement.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The assailant, wearing a white vest and grey jogging bottoms, was one of several angered motorists who confronted the eco-zealots who had donned orange uniforms and sat on the tarmac, backing up three lanes of cars.<\/p>\n<p>When the demonstrators remained seated and refused to move he snapped, lashing out with fists and feet of fury and dragging them away.<\/p>\n<p>But Aim\u00e9e van Baalen, the group&#8217;s spokeswoman, remains steadfast in their commitment to continue similar protests despite the controversy.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>She maintains that Last Generation will not be deterred by opposition and is resolute in its mission to bring attention to climate change.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;The federal government ignored our protest for so long that scenes like yesterday in Mannheim have now occurred &#8211; this saddens and shocks us,&#8217; she said, blaming the authorities for the continuation of the protests.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It comes just days after a disgruntled police officer poured vegetable oil over the head of one protester who blocked a bridge.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/08\/14\/75216739-12496147-image-m-8_1694180843595.jpg\" height=\"518\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The infuriated motorists grabs the protester&#8217;s hair before smashing him in the face with his fist<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/08\/14\/75216741-12496147-image-a-4_1694180799585.jpg\" height=\"332\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The man is seen yanking the protester out of the road as other annoyed motorists look on<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/08\/14\/75216733-12496147-image-a-6_1694180805997.jpg\" height=\"398\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>He returns to kick and slap another member of the group<\/p>\n<p>An image shared by German outlet Rheinpfalz showed the police officer holding a huge canister of oil and tipping it down the neck of the orange-clad protester on the Konrad Adenauer Bridge between Mannheim and Ludwigshafen on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Mannheim police confirmed to German media they were investigating the matter but refused to offer a comment on the actions of the officer.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Last Generation has earned a reputation for its road-based protests which often see demonstrators glue themselves to the asphalt in actions similar to those of Extinction Rebellion and Just Stop Oil in the UK.<\/p>\n<p>The group staged 276 road blockages in Germany alone throughout 2022.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The latest incidents in Mannheim come\u00a0weeks after one Last Generation protester was hit by a lorry of a low-carbon energy company.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In July, three protesters were dragged out of the way by a furious lorry driver working for low-carbon energy company Air Liquide &#8211; only to rush back in front of the lorry before one of them was knocked flying.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Air Liquide is the Paris Olympics&#8217; official hydrogen supporter and works to innovate &#8216;the development of low-carbon hydrogen and biomethane for the energy transition&#8217;.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/08\/14\/75216295-12496147-image-a-2_1694180732792.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Climate activists of the &#8216;Letzte Generation&#8217; (Last Generation) hold a protest march in Berlin&#8217;s Kreuzberg district<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/08\/14\/75216297-12496147-image-a-1_1694180730167.jpg\" height=\"405\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Police officer, Chiara Malz, and activists of the Letzte Generation (Last Generation), a climate movement known to create traffic road blocks by gluing themselves onto roads attend a press conference outside the chancellery, in Berlin, Germany September 8, 2023<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/08\/14\/73212845-12496147-The_driver_is_pictured_trying_to_drag_the_protestor_sitting_in_t-a-3_1694180769297.jpg\" height=\"811\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The driver is pictured trying to drag the protestor sitting in the road out from under the lorry<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/08\/13\/73212883-12298797-The_lorry_ploughed_through_the_protestors_knocking_one_back_befo-a-1_1694176420893.jpg\" height=\"766\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The lorry ploughed through the protestors, knocking one back before the driver stopped<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/07\/14\/10\/73212875-12298797-image-a-3_1689327542794.jpg\" height=\"1127\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The footage showed the driver pushing one of the protestors after they obstructed the road<\/p>\n<p>The driver of the lorry at first jumps out to push and drag the activists out of his way.<\/p>\n<p>When they sit back in position, he slowly starts driving forward &#8211; and then shunts the activist closest to the pavement. The force\u00a0is enough to send the young man flying back and bystanders come to his aid.<\/p>\n<p>The lorry driver is seen throwing his hands up in frustration and stops the lorry before leaping out of the cab again to pull the protesters aside.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Air Liquide provided the following statement to MailOnline: &#8216;On July 12, Air Liquide was made aware of an altercation in Stralsund, Germany, between a third-party contract driver of Air Liquide Medical Gases and local protesters.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Images display unacceptable behaviour from the driver that is not aligned with Air Liquide&#8217;s values in any way.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;The third-party contractor has been notified that Air Liquide will no longer accept the services of this individual.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-12496147\/Streets-rage-Furious-motorist-throws-eco-protester-road-punches-kicks-slapping-group-stages-sit-protest-German-highway.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Furious motorist throws eco protester to the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":181101,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23056],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - 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