20/05/2026
Criminal Courts
Just Another Face of Policing
w/ Sophie Schneider (Courtwatch Berlin) and Anthony Obst (Justice Collective)
IRL ⌂ Tuesday, June 2nd - 19:00 CEST
Criminal courts work hand in hand with brutal policing to punish poverty and reproduce racism. Join us for a discussion with activists from Courtwatch Berlin and Justice Collective about their work attending public hearings in Berlin’s courts and offering support to people affected. This is the second in a series of events about policing in Berlin.
Courtwatch Berlin is a group of prison abolitionists organizing against mass criminalization and the criminalization of poverty as a system that both produces and is a product of racial capitalism. Currently, they are working to disrupt the so-called “Schnellgericht,” in which judges process cases in 15-minute intervals and routinely impose life-altering sentences for minor offenses such as riding without a ticket or petty theft.
Justice Collective is a Berlin-based organization that challenges injustices in criminal legal and migration systems, particularly as they relate to issues of poverty, racism, and their intersection. Justice Collective seeks to disrupt these systems through various strategies and tactics including research, political education, advocacy, and organizing. We also support people and communities impacted by policing and criminalization.
