“German Police Investigate Roger Waters for Nazi Style Uniform at Berlin Concert”

2023-05-27 09:52:31

2023-05-27 05:52 Compiled by Liang Caifan/Real-time report

Roger Floyd, former lead singer of the British rock band Pink Floyd. German police are investigating Roger Waters following he appeared in a Nazi-style uniform at a concert in Berlin last week. Waters issued a statement on the 27th, criticizing the police action with “political purposes.”

Agence France-Presse reported that when Waters appeared at a concert in Berlin last week, wearing a long black coat and wearing red armbands, he looked like a Nazi officer. Photos circulated on social media and caused an uproar among netizens.

Berlin police have said they are investigating Waters for inciting hatred, and German officials responsible for fighting anti-Semitism have called for Waters to be held accountable. Wearing or displaying Nazi symbols is illegal in Germany.

Waters issued a statement Saturday dismissing criticism that he was politically motivated. “My recent show in Berlin attracted vicious attacks from people who wanted to discredit me and silence me because they disagreed with my political views and moral principles.”

Waters is a well-known pro-Palestinian who has been accused of promoting anti-Semitism. In an exclusive interview with CNN in August last year, he accused US President Biden of provoking the war between Russia and Ukraine, and said that “Taiwan is part of China.” He was criticized by geopolitical experts and officials. Sarcastic that he “apparently has been living on the dark side of the moon”.

Roger Floyd, former lead singer of British rock band Pink Floyd. Waters, who appeared in a Nazi-style uniform at a concert in Berlin last week, was investigated by German police followingwards. (Archyde.com)

Waters will hold the last concert of his German tour in Frankfurt on the evening of the 28th, and protesters have planned to demonstrate outside the venue. The Frankfurt city authorities tried to ban the concert, but were rejected by the court on the grounds of “artistic freedom”.

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