Violence at the G20 Summit in Hamburg: Police Sentenced

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Because in 2017, during the G20 protests, they attacked a young man with batons and fists, police officers were now sentenced to fines for the first time. Two defendants offered the victim additional pain money.

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Nine years after the G20 summit with riots in Hamburg, the verdict was passed in the only trial against police officers. The district court sentenced three officials to fines for assault in office. In July 2017, they beat a G20 opponent on St. Pauli with batons and fists.

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Beating a demonstrator was "no longer lawful." Officials apologized to the victim. How much punishment they have to pay now.