On January 29 approximately 150 people from different cities in north-Rhine-Westphalia came together in order to commemorate Giórgios Zantiótis who was murdered by the police.

He died on November 1st 2021 in police-custody in Wuppertal. The 25-year-old was stopped by the police because of a brawl that had happened in a club. After they harrassed him with racist phrases they kicked him in the stomach and beat him. The kick was probably the cause of his death that occurred 90 minutes later in custody. Giórgios was operated only two moths prior in the stomach-area because of health problems. Is doctor warned him that even throwing up could be dangerous. Part of this brutal attack was filmed by his sister María.

The police did not take position on this death in custody and reasoned for this by claiming that the death of a 25-year-old was not relevant for the media as Giŕgios had died from natural causes, as they put it.

In a short speech on the demo Giórgios‘ sister demanded the murder of her brother to be solved. After that the demo marched through Wuppertal to different places that are often targeted by police-measures and where they deliberately target migrants.

In different speeches the attention was directed towards the victims of massive police-violence in Wuppertal.

We would also like to point you towards this detailed report by Initiative Gerechtigkeit für Adel