Police ban nationalist rally against mosque
(20 Sep 2008) 1. Wide of water cannon and line of riot police across road, anti-Nazi demonstrators beyond the line, near where right-wing Pro-Cologne rally was expected to take place 2. Side mid view of police line in front of anti-Nazi demonstrators 3. Various of police and anti-Nazi demonstrators 4. Anti-Nazi demonstrators jostling against line of riot police 5. Helicopter in air 6. Anti-Nazi demonstrators pushing police, police pushing back 7. Banner reading (German) "Block Nazis" 8. Top shot of riot police and demonstrators 9. Tilt down of Cologne Cathedral, to peaceful anti-racism rally in square (separate from the other demonstration) 10. Mid of rally 11. Close of placard reading (German) "Together against racism, terror and violence" 12. Zoom out of anti-racism rally to wide of same 13. Woman speaking on stage 14. Man in costume at rally, pull out 15. People applauding 16. Various of rally 17. Wide of Pro-Cologne rally with few people attending 18. Mid shot of Pro-Cologne group sign with crossed out mosque symbol pan to stage 19. Mid shot of Pro-Cologne supporters 20. SOUNDBITE (German) Martin Volkmar, Cologne police: "The situation is very peaceful with regard to the civic protest, but we also have some autonomous groups, particularly leftist autonomous groups who attacked police officers at the barriers." 21. Mid group of police in helmets 22. Wide police seen running along wearing riot gear 23. Wide of police line at barrier in front of left-wing demonstrators STORYLINE: German police clashed with counter-demonstrators in Cologne before authorities banned a right-wing nationalist group from staging a rally Saturday against plans to build a big mosque in the city, injuring at least one officer. Some of the counter-demonstrators lunged for officers' pistols while others threw stones and firecrackers. The injured officer was hit by a firecracker. Police said they detained about five people. Police forced the Pro-Cologne nationalist group to call off the rally because there were fears that more serious violence would take place, police spokesman Burkhard Rick said. About 3,000 officers had been deployed to keep peace between the two groups. The Pro-Cologne group had planned to rally against what it calls the "Islamification" of the ethnically diverse city. Martin Volkmar from Cologne's police force explained that the situation was more or less peaceful, but there had been some "leftist autonomous groups who attacked police officers at the barriers." Organisers had hoped to criticise plans to build a large, domed mosque - complete with two 55-meter-tall (177-foot-tall) minarets - in Cologne's Ehrenfeld district. But by midday just 30 Pro-Cologne supporters had managed to reach the rally site, a marketplace near the city centre, as thousands of counter-demonstrators blocked streets leading to the square. Some 5,000 more counter-demonstrators attended a peaceful rally nearby. Saturday was the second of the three-day conference that Pro-Cologne billed as an attempt to build a "European, patriotic, populist right-wing movement." The group had invited members of nationalist parties from other European nations to attend. An estimated 120,000 Muslims live in Cologne, widely viewed as one of Germany's most tolerant and well-integrated major cities. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter: / ap_archive Facebook: / aparchives Instagram: / apnews You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...
