Stuttgart: Continental Drifter
Demonstrators intervene, obstructing the cutting down of trees, and police officers deploy pepper spray and water cannons. Hundreds are injured. Broadcast around the globe is the photograph of a man in his 60s bleeding about the eyes as he is ushered away to be treated. He’s been blinded by the jets of spray. In the Schlossgarten, among trees that are to be uprooted, young men and women set up tents and begin squatting.
West African émigré and author, Olufemi Terry witnessed the rise of Stuttgart 21, a controversial urban renewal project that was received with heavy protests and sit-ins, mirroring the worldwide protest movement in 2011.
Above: Police clash with protesters in Stuttgart via.
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