- Go to your phone settings and only passcode or similar should be active.
- You are not obliged to give police your passcode. But they can use your finger or face to unlock the smartphone
Preparation for Demonstrations
- Share when you go to a demo with friends.
- Invite your friends.
- Decide meeting point a bit away from the demo to find.
- ID
- Insurance card
- Medications
- Snacks and water
- Coins, paper, pens
- Glasses (no lenses!! can cause blindness if pepper-sprayed)
- Clothing suitable for running
- Hijab or head covering -> tighter than usual.
- Drugs (cannabis is legal in Germany, still leave everything home if possible)
- Personal items
- Private smartphone (leave at home if possible)
- No weapons or armor: not even nail scissors, visors, ski goggles, or shin guards.
- Hide your sign in a bag where it is visually not legible (police tend to inspect signs).
- Form groups.
- Share the following details with at least one person: Full name, Birthdate, Registered address.
- Write the legal support number on your arm: 030 692 2222.
- Avoid drugs and alcohol, and ensure you sleep well before the demo.
- Liquid sanitizer, 70% alcohol: Works both as hand sanitizer and wound sanitizer (avoid handgel).
- Flat water bottle with sports drinks cap: Use it to wash pepper spray out of eyes.
- Bandages and plasters: Useful for wound care.
- Box of tampons: Useful to stop bleeding.
- Fructose/sugar: For hypoglycemics (only give to conscious people).
- Nitrile or vinyl gloves: Protective when treating someone (change every 10-15 min).
