Who is going to pay for all the destruction?

     Last Saturday there were some violent protests in the city of Rostock. The militant demonstrators fought against the police. They threw stones into the windows and burned cars. But the question is who is going to pay for the high costs of all the destruction.

      First of all the police should find the responsible persons who wore masks and threw stones. They should be taken into custody. In most cases they are guilty of the destruction and that is why they have to pay for it. The problem is that some of them are unemployed so that they don’t have much money to pay for the high costs. Because of that they have to go working or maybe do some social work.

      On the other hand, people who are affected by the destruction often have an insurance on their shops or cars and they pay a lot of money for it every year. That is why I think the insurance can pay for it, too – the owners took it out for those cases. Nevertheless, the insurance companies often say they won’t pay if the affected people knew about the danger before. So the only way for the owner is to secure their shops with strong wooden boards or to park their cars somewhere else.

      To summarize all the facts: There is still the question who has to pay for the destruction. But all in all, I think, it would be the best way if the militant demonstrators had to pay because they are responsible for it.

J.M., 05.06.07

     Last Saturday people from the “black block” destroyed cars, streets and houses. Our question is who is going to pay for all the destructions now.

      In my opinion, the police has to find the responsible people who are guilty of these destructions. If they have no money, they must work for the town (social work). I also think that insurances should pay in one way because it is their job to help in difficult situations. On the one hand, I think that the owners of the cars are innocent and that it is important that they don’t have to pay. But on the other hand, they could have protected their property better because everyone knew that there would be violent protests.

 

J.S., 05.06.07

     Over the last few days we have seen on TV and in newspapers that parts of Rostock have been damaged. Most destructions happened at the “Stadthafen” during the first demonstration. Pavements, cash dispensers and cars were damaged. The “black block” were very aggressive and threw stones and bottles and fought against the police. Even fire engines were damaged. But who will pay for all the destructions? Who is guilty?

 

      In my opinion, the “black block” is guilty without question. The police only do their work and protect us from such stupid and criminal persons. So what I really mean is that people can’t say that the police provoked the “black block”. They only did their job and I think it wouldn’t have been better without the police. I feel safer when I know that there are over 16.000 policemen in our city.

 

      The “black block”is too poor. So they can’t pay for the destructions. The state will have to do that. Bad luck!

A.K., 05.06.07