Overview
- Police said Thursday they found two Görlitzer Park gates open during the night and detected tampering on two lock cylinders.
- A specialist police unit is investigating the property damage after officers restored one lock and secured another gate with a chain.
- The Berlin Senate has closed the park each night from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. since March 1 using a private security firm with dogs to target drug dealing and violence.
- The fence has been damaged multiple times, including incidents over the weekend, which has renewed scrutiny of whether the nightly closures work.
- Der Tagesspiegel reports that more than half of the park’s 16 gates are insecure, with keys in circulation or mechanisms that open easily despite a fence costing nearly €2 million, and the park is set to be a focal point for May Day protests.