Here is the full text of the information published on BOK-MCC’s Facebook page:
The director of the Bolesławiec Cultural Centre – International Ceramics Centre informs that the Bolesławiec County Police Headquarters has been notified of:
- a suspected offence consisting in violating regulations on assemblies by the organisers of the 2nd Equality March in Bolesławiec, which took place on 16 August 2024 in Bolesławiec, namely an act under Article 52 § 2 point 2 of the Code of Petty Offences;
- a suspected offence committed by unidentified persons consisting in the fact that, by shouting, using words commonly regarded as insulting and using pyrotechnic materials, they disturbed public order on 16 August 2024 and caused public scandal among participants of the 30th Bolesławiec Ceramic Festival, namely an act under Article 51 § 1 of the Code of Petty Offences.
At the same time, the Bolesławiec Cultural Centre – International Ceramics Centre requests that the County Police Headquarters in Bolesławiec conduct explanatory proceedings in order to identify and punish the perpetrators of the above-mentioned offences.
Kornel Filipowicz
director of BOK–MCC
Earlier, on 19 August, Linus Lewandowski submitted a complaint in this matter to the Mayor of Bolesławiec and the Director of BOK-MCC:
Dear Mr Mayor,
Dear Mr Director,I am submitting a complaint concerning gross negligence regarding protection of the ceramic parade during the Ceramic Festival.
During our procession – as a registered group participating in the parade – we were attacked by a group of FC Bolesławiec hooligans. They set off flares, insulted us and threw bottles in our direction. Our health and lives were at risk. One of the bottles landed very close to a child who was standing nearby in the crowd of spectators.
This incident met with NO reaction whatsoever from security or the police. This is unprecedented; even at the famous Equality March in Białystok – where we were also attacked by Nazis – the police at least tried to respond, as much as they were able to with an absolutely insufficient number of officers.
I demand an explanation of the reasons for the negligence, clarification of why the aggressors were allowed onto the parade grounds, and appropriate steps to ensure that such a thing never happens again. I also expect an official apology.
Yours sincerely,
Linus Lewandowski (he/him)
board member of the Homokomando association
Below, we present a photograph showing how Kornel Filipowicz, director of the Bolesławiec Cultural Centre, invites the group carrying rainbow flags and a banner and indicates a place for them to stand beneath the stage where the opening ceremony of the Bolesławiec Ceramic Festival was held. The banner, which later obstructed Mayor Piotr Roman, bore the slogan “We are all made of the same clay!”.
