After Germany, Washington on Tuesday joined accusations of anti-Semitism against ex-Pink Floyd member Roger Waters, who sported an outfit reminiscent of an SS officer at a concert in May in Berlin. Berlin police on Friday announced the opening of an investigation "on suspicion of incitement to hatred" following complaints, "because the clothes worn on stage are likely to glorify or justify the National Socialist regime and to disturb public order".
In the images posted on social networks, the singer appears wearing a long black coat marked with a symbol reminiscent of the swastika and red armbands. Several media also mentioned inscriptions, in red letters on a screen during the concert, of the names of Anne Frank and Shireen Abu Akleh, Palestinian-American star journalist of the Al-Jazeera channel killed during an Israeli raid in May 2022.
Roger Waters, 79, has also distinguished himself in recent years by defending actions to boycott Israeli products in the name of defending the Palestinian cause. The singer and songwriter for his part accused his detractors of "bad faith". "Aspects of my concert that have been questioned are clearly a message against fascism, injustice and bigotry in all its forms" and any attempt to see otherwise "is dishonest," he said. said in a message posted Friday evening on his Instagram and Twitter accounts.
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The ex-Pink Floyd also sparked controversy recently by assuring that it was "not true that the Russian invasion of Ukraine was unprovoked".
