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One of the outfits that Roger Waters used at his concerts in Germany was not to the liking of the local authorities, so the police have already launched an investigation.
Berlin police announced they are investigating Pink Floyd co-founder Roger Waters for hate speech after he wore Nazi-style attire to a concert in the German capital.
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“We are investigating suspicions of incitement to hatred, because the clothing worn on stage is likely to exalt or justify the National Socialist regime and disturb public order,” a Berlin police spokesman, Martin Halweg, told AFP.
“The outfit resembles that of an SS officer,” Halweg added.
In some images spread on social networks, Waters can be seen dressed in a black coat and red bracelets, at a concert offered on May 17 at the Mercedes-Benz Arena in Berlin.
German and Israeli media also indicate that during the concert, inscriptions were seen in red letters on a screen with the names of Anne Frank and Shireen Abu Akleh, the Palestinian-American journalist for the Al Jazeera channel who died in an Israeli operation in May 2022.
“We are investigating and once the procedure is over, we will transmit it to the public prosecutor for a final legal evaluation,” said the police spokesman, who pointed out that it will be the prosecutor’s office who decides whether or not to persecute the 79-year-old British singer.
Israel criticizes Waters’ outfit
The Israeli Foreign Ministry accused Waters on Wednesday “of having sullied the memory of Anne Frank and of the six million Jews murdered during the Holocaust.”
“Waters wants to compare Israel to the Nazis,” and is “one of the biggest detractors of Jews of our time,” Israeli ambassador to the UN Danny Danon abounded on Twitter.
Waters is a well-known pro-Palestinian activist, who staged an inflatable pig with the Star of David at his concerts, and who has supported boycott actions against Israeli products.
The Frankfurt authorities themselves canceled a concert by the British musician on May 28, but the decision was overturned by an administrative court in the name of freedom of expression.
Source: AFP