Police officers use a water cannon against left-wing demonstrators standing on a road to stop a protest against the government’s restrictions, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Frankfurt, Germany, November 14, 2020. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach

Anti-Lockdown Protesters BLASTED With Water Cannons!

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The thing with the lockdowns is that people in power don’t understand that folks still need to get around.

Also, people tend to react better to suggestions than demands because with a suggestion, you can adapt it to your own purposes. With a demand, it’s not up for debate.

It’s really hard to tell free people what to say and get them to listen without question.

German police fired water cannons Wednesday at demonstrators protesting coronavirus restrictions in Berlin’s government district after crowds disregarded commands to wear masks and keep their distance from one another in line with pandemic regulations.

As the cannons soaked protesters outside the landmark Brandenburg Gate, police officers in riot gear moved through the crowd carrying away some participants. Some demonstrators threw fireworks and flares in response as police helicopters hovered overhead.

The protests came as German lawmakers debated a bill providing a legal underpinning for the government to issue social distancing rules, require masks in public and close stores and other venues to slow the spread of the virus.

While such measures are supported by many people in Germany, others have staged regular rallies around the country arguing that the restrictions are unconstitutional.

The measures are expected to pass both the lower and then upper house of parliament and be quickly signed by Germany’s president.

The health minister, Jens Spahn, defended the measures, telling lawmakers that authorities “struggle every day in trying to strike the balance” between restrictions and safeguarding democratic freedoms.

But he insisted that Germany had found the right path, noting that it has fared much better than many of its European neighbors.

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