Police in Berlin said Friday they are investigating “suspicion of incitement to public hatred" over clothing Roger Waters wore during a concert last week.
German police says Waters clothing is deemed capable of approving, glorifying or justifying the violent and arbitrary rule of the Nazi regime - Click the link for more details.
German police have opened a criminal investigation of Roger Waters for “suspected incitement” following May 17 and 18 concerts in Berlin. The Pink Floyd co-founder has been criticized for wearing a uniform (a long leather jacket, gloves, armband, rifle) resembling a Nazi SS soldier, although it was meant to echo Bob Geldof’s fascist character Pink from 1982’s The Wall. An inflatable pig also displayed Third Reich-style banners and a Star of David, a prop Waters has been using since 2010 and was previously defended by the Anti-Defamation League as having “no anti-Semitic intent.”