Roger Waters, a founder of the band Pink Floyd, is under investigation by Berlin police after he wore a Nazi-style costume during a recent concert in the German capital.
Angelika Warmuth / dpa / picture alliance via Getty Images fileposted on social media, the 79-year-old musician is seen on stage dressed in a long black trench coat with bright red armbands as he fired a fake machine gun into the crowd. The person who shared the video accused Waters of"imitating a Nazi."that the part of his show being criticized was meant to be"a statement in opposition to fascism, injustice, and bigotry in all its forms.
Waters is being investigated on suspicion of"incitement of the people," police in Berlin said. His costume at last week's show in Berlin was"deemed capable of violating the dignity of the victims, as well as approving, glorifying or justifying the violent and arbitrary rule of the Nazi regime in a way that disrupts public peace," a police spokesperson said.
Waters said regardless of the consequences, he will"continue to condemn injustice and all those who perpetrate it."
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