“Roger Waters under investigation for wearing SS uniform at concert in Berlin”

Roger Waters is likely to have serious trouble with German justice. The former Pink Floyd musician is under investigation by the police for inciting hatred for wearing an SS officer’s uniform. on May 17 during a concert in Berlin. “Clothes worn on stage could glorify or justify the National Socialist regime and disturb the peace,” the investigators said.

“Motto of the SS” Images of Waters dressed in a long
black coat and red armbands they made the rounds of social media, even if there were none among the symbols worn
croce uncinata. “Once the investigation is complete, they will be forwarded to the prosecutor for a final legal assessment,” the police spokesman said.

New challenges ahead While waiting for the German prosecutor to comment, Waters could have more trouble in Germany. The May 28 concert in Frankfurt was saved from cancellation only thanks to a decision by the administrative court, which intervened to safeguard freedom of expression. However, the local Jewish community and the Green Party promise new protests under the stage.

“Desecrating” Already the day after the concert the criticisms had arrived from the
Israeli communitythrough the words written on Twitter by the Foreign Ministry, according to which the former Pink Floyd musician had spent the evening “desecrating the memory of Anne Frank and 6 million Jews killed in the Holocaust”.

Anti-Israel stance During his performance Waters scrolled various names across a giant screen, metaphorically equating that of
Anna FrankOf
Sophie Schollthe anti-Nazi activist killed by the SS, by
Mahsa Aminiwhose death has been blamed on the Iranian Morale Police, by
George Floydthe African-American killed by police in Minneapolis and also by
Rachel CorrieUS activist hit and killed by an armed Israeli bulldozer in southern Gaza in 2003. Above all, Waters wrote the name of
Shireen Abu Akleh, the Palestinian journalist of Al Jazeera killed last year in Jenin in firefights between armed militiamen and the Israeli army. Israel had emphatically denied her willingness, while admitting the possibility that the reporter could have been hit by weapons of its own armed forces. At the end of the list, an inscription read that “they ‘are so brutal’ why
they want to crush our resistance and continue to rule the world“.

Previous This isn’t the first time Waters has made headlines for his offstage actions. “It is not true that the Russian invasion of Ukraine was not provoked,” he declared on February 8 before the UN Security Council, where he had been invited by Russia to speak. Waters is not even new to conflicts with Israel. The former Pink Floyd musician has never hidden his position on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, defending the action of boycotting Tel Aviv products.