be exempted from the road toll by the municipality. Following the conversation, Mevissen went to nearby Domsheide, where several thousand people were still demonstrating. She climbed onto a stray sand box and made a famous speech with an electric megaphone, which also made her nationally known. The Senator explained the results of the trial and warned the students against re-using violence. At the same time, however, she also showed understanding for their situation. During the speech, 700 security and riot police with four water cannons stood ready to tackle possible riots. However, they kept in the background and were not needed, since there were no noteworthy arguments. The investigation committee came after conclusion of its investigation only to the conclusion that the police use against the demonstrators was decidedly too hard. Political consequences had the tram riots for anyone. Also often criticized by Bock and Polach remained in office. Criminally, however, the riots had an aftermath. More than 400 people were arrested during the five days, and in the days following the protests, the Bremen judiciary instituted 183 criminal cases. 17 of them were charged with assaulting police officers. Many were handled as a quick procedure. In most cases they ended up with recruitment or acquittals. There were, however, four imprisonments and 16 fines. The fare increase of BSAG, which had been the cause of the Bremen tram riots in 1968, was finally withdrawn in mid-February. Nowadays this is commonly considered a success of the students and also Hans Koschnick formulated later. Even weeks after the riots, talks, rallies and panel discussions took place at irregular intervals, in which all the main participants in the riots - the leaders of the USB, Senate members and police officials - took part and exchanged views about the riots and better prevention in the future. The disturbances of the pupils and students were almost complete in the days after the speech of Mevissens. Already on 20 January, the situation had calmed down so far that almost all buses and trams were able to drive on schedule. Only on Sunday 21 January were still reported some small clashes between protesters and security forces from Bremen North. However, these did not jump over to the city center as feared. On the contrary, students at the engineering school even canceled a demonstration against police crackdown during the past week. However, this did not prevent the population