Hamburg police use pepper spray during protest

Police in the German city of Hamburg used pepper spray on protesters and were ready to deploy water cannons as some demonstrations in support of US anti-racist protests against police brutality turned ugly.

Hamburg police tweeted that several hundred “hooded and aggressive people” had put police officers under pressure in the city centre, adding: “We have already had to use pepper spray. With all due respect for emotions: attacks on police officers are unacceptable!”

At another location nearby, they said some 350 people were standing in front of police water cannons. “We regard this as an unauthorised (i.e. forbidden) meeting and now we are calling via loudspeaker announcements for people to leave.”

Source:al Jazeera