Overview
- Activists using the name Gewerkschaft der Osterhasen handed out chocolate bunnies with copied “Görli keys” over the weekend, saying the keys match the locks on the park’s new gates.
- Clips posted to Instagram and TikTok show two masked people giving out keys and appearing to open a gate, and Berlin police say they know the videos and are reviewing them.
- Reporting from taz found many locks had been glued or blocked and the copied keys did not open the locks they tested, leaving the keys’ real-world use in doubt.
- Police said their key inventory is complete and plan no special measures beyond checking at night whether gates are shut, while the environment administration said current construction locks will be replaced with security locks.
- Görlitzer Park has been closed each night since early March with 16 gates installed to reduce drug crime, a move that has drawn protests, repeated gate damage and a court challenge from the ‘Görli zaunfrei’ alliance.