How police go about freeing activists glued to the road

A police officer removing the hand of a climate activist from the street at Grober Stern in front of the Victory Column in Berlin. Photos: Kay Nietfeld/dpa

The police officer is doing his best to make the process as pain-free as possible, carefully brushing solvent underneath the hand stuck to the pavement.

But freeing activists that have glued themselves to the floor is never pleasant.