Thursday 28, March
Video surveillance system planned for Leopoldplatz
In an announcement on Wednesday, the Greens and the CDU announced their plans to re-install a video surveillance system at Wedding’s Leopoldplatz, as reported by Berliner Zeitung.
The plan will be initiated with a trial phase, which will then be evaluated after 6 months. The Left’s Jacky Sanehy, Spokesperson for Health, has criticised the decision. She’s arguing that bringing video surveillance back to Leopoldplatz would lead to the displacement of homeless and drug-addicted individuals, simply moving the problem elsewhere rather than solving it.
Instead of video surveillance, the Left is calling for increased social welfare systems, including a space for drug consumption and more social work facilities on and around Leopold. The Greens and the CDU have responded to these claims: “We reject the fact that basic rights are restricted through video surveillance due to regulatory activism”.
