UN Rapporteur on Torture Investigating Reports of Police Brutality Against German Anti-Lockdown Protesters

Police arrest a demonstrator at a protest against anti-COVID-19 measures, at the Victory Column, in Berlin on Aug. 1, 2021. Fabian Sommer/dpa via AP

A United Nations official says he is probing reports of police brutality against anti-lockdown protesters in Germany.

Violent clashes between law enforcement officers and protesters during an Aug. 1 protest were captured on video and disseminated widely online.