Wait, what? Actually? I mean… I feel like that’s rare. The government really doesn’t like police shooting people here though, so I fear for their careers.
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Context: police were swarmed by rioters, attacked with heavy/illegal fireworks and had large stones thrown at them. Bear in mind, many police officiers were not (yet) wearing (full) protective gear. I am not saying the shooting is justified (that will be investigated) but this was an extremely aggressive mob.
Google Translate to English:
>#Police shoot targeted during riots in Rotterdam, at least two injured
>
>Riots broke out on the Coolsingel in the center of Rotterdam. Officers fired shots and at least two people were injured, police said. The circumstances and the reason are not yet known. Earlier in the evening, the police had already fired warning shots.
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>Before tonight, a protest was announced on social media against the corona measures and the proposed 2G policy of the cabinet. That protest got out of hand: several hundred rioters shouted slogans such as “freedom”, set off heavy fireworks and threw objects at police officers.
>
>The police intervened with charges on the Coolsingel, using the water cannon. Images on social media show that it seems quieter in the city around 11.15 pm, but there are still people on the street and the police are still massively present.
>
>An emergency order applies until 04.30 am for the center of the city and for the vicinity of the Rotterdam Central and Rotterdam Blaak stations: this means that people are not allowed to stand still. Part of the center is closed. The security region advises people to avoid the center.
>
>#Police cars destroyed
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>At least one police car was set on fire, others were damaged by rioters. Firefighters were also pelted while extinguishing the fire. Other vehicles, buildings and belongings were also set on fire. A journalist was also attacked, his camera was destroyed.
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>Police vans come and go. On live streams broadcast on social media, young people can be seen throwing stones at the vans.
>
>*These are images from downtown tonight:*
>
>[Images of riots and burning police car Rotterdam]
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>A police helicopter hovered over the city for a while. The NS reports that train traffic to and from Rotterdam Central has been shut down. Several trams in the center are being diverted and several metro stations have been closed by carrier RET.
>
>The regional broadcaster Rijnmond reports that various groups are participating in the riots, such as Dockers United and the protest group Feyenoord City. Board member Simmers of the Dutch Police Association speaks on Twitter of “rioting scum and naive stupid followers”.
I hope the horrific police brutality we saw in some countries last year isn’t simply a product of their culture and lack of social trust, meaning that there could be a wave of police shootings deep in Europe if the population’s culture shifts to a more individualist and aggressive one (Americanization)
Great to see that they call them rioters, not protesters!
It’s for their own health. Better than them ending up in an ICU with covid. Right guys?
These things are not difficult to understand, most people in the Netherlands don’t have the time nor energy for such a protest since they tend to work their 9 – 5 so to speak. 8 hours of work, 8 hours of sleep gives you little time to do this kind of shit. Clearly it’s not the unemployed either since at least your basic needs are met and it’s unnatural to bite the hand that feeds you. So the only two groups left are the youth and criminal elements the former can be disregarded for the most part due lack of financial means and adherence to authority bias. So the only group that remains are criminal elements conducting these things, the torching of police vehicles is a criminal offence itself and usually a precedent has been created in the past that leads up to this event, it’s clearly not your first time. Middle aged Mr Smith is not going to spontaneously decide to suddenly go out in the cold and light a police vehicle on fire for the fun of it. You need capability and capacity and reasons to do these things and the most likely reason is the disruptions the lockdown measures causes in the distribution of illegal drugs by criminal gangs in in the Rotterdam port. Simple as that. Hopefully the media can get ahead with the times.
Queue the sanctions! Holy shit, imagine if this was in Russia! The outrage, the poor oppressed people.
Oh wait, didn’t this happen in Ukraine?
Thats what happens when you try to lynch officers. They shoot at you because they don’t want to die.
It’s amazing how when 2G was implemented in Ireland, at a time when vaccines still weren’t widely available, you got a couple hundred people protesting in Dublin and that was it. Yet, it’s even talked about in the Netherlands at this point and a riot breaks out.
Do you mean with actual weapon and live ammo? WTF?
For all the shit US cops get the European cops love to use force as well.
I think that when Europeans cops start drawing their guns and shoot. There’s a valuable reason.
We are not in a situation like the US, we’re trigger happy cops are walking the streets.
We could count on our fingers cops with “kills”on their records.
Certainly if someone get shot without a tight proof reason, the politicians will drop the cop like a hot plate.
Even more with the activists in Europe that are always ready to screech police brutality when said brutality 9 times out of ten justified.
Seeming violent over there, glad I’m living in America.
Violent mob of morons attack riot police with fireworks, large rocks etc, two are able to claim their hard won Darwin awards.
Either pfizer or lead, these guys are getting their shot.
Why live ammo? Don’t they have plastic bullets?
I’m not sure about automatic translation, they were live, “real” bullets, not less-lethal ammunition?
Were there any policemen inured? Were they using riot gear like shields and armour?
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Wait, what? Actually? I mean… I feel like that’s rare. The government really doesn’t like police shooting people here though, so I fear for their careers.
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Context: police were swarmed by rioters, attacked with heavy/illegal fireworks and had large stones thrown at them. Bear in mind, many police officiers were not (yet) wearing (full) protective gear. I am not saying the shooting is justified (that will be investigated) but this was an extremely aggressive mob.
Google Translate to English:
>#Police shoot targeted during riots in Rotterdam, at least two injured
>
>Riots broke out on the Coolsingel in the center of Rotterdam. Officers fired shots and at least two people were injured, police said. The circumstances and the reason are not yet known. Earlier in the evening, the police had already fired warning shots.
>
>Before tonight, a protest was announced on social media against the corona measures and the proposed 2G policy of the cabinet. That protest got out of hand: several hundred rioters shouted slogans such as “freedom”, set off heavy fireworks and threw objects at police officers.
>
>The police intervened with charges on the Coolsingel, using the water cannon. Images on social media show that it seems quieter in the city around 11.15 pm, but there are still people on the street and the police are still massively present.
>
>An emergency order applies until 04.30 am for the center of the city and for the vicinity of the Rotterdam Central and Rotterdam Blaak stations: this means that people are not allowed to stand still. Part of the center is closed. The security region advises people to avoid the center.
>
>#Police cars destroyed
>
>At least one police car was set on fire, others were damaged by rioters. Firefighters were also pelted while extinguishing the fire. Other vehicles, buildings and belongings were also set on fire. A journalist was also attacked, his camera was destroyed.
>
>Police vans come and go. On live streams broadcast on social media, young people can be seen throwing stones at the vans.
>
>*These are images from downtown tonight:*
>
>[Images of riots and burning police car Rotterdam]
>
>A police helicopter hovered over the city for a while. The NS reports that train traffic to and from Rotterdam Central has been shut down. Several trams in the center are being diverted and several metro stations have been closed by carrier RET.
>
>The regional broadcaster Rijnmond reports that various groups are participating in the riots, such as Dockers United and the protest group Feyenoord City. Board member Simmers of the Dutch Police Association speaks on Twitter of “rioting scum and naive stupid followers”.
I hope the horrific police brutality we saw in some countries last year isn’t simply a product of their culture and lack of social trust, meaning that there could be a wave of police shootings deep in Europe if the population’s culture shifts to a more individualist and aggressive one (Americanization)
Great to see that they call them rioters, not protesters!
It’s for their own health. Better than them ending up in an ICU with covid. Right guys?
These things are not difficult to understand, most people in the Netherlands don’t have the time nor energy for such a protest since they tend to work their 9 – 5 so to speak. 8 hours of work, 8 hours of sleep gives you little time to do this kind of shit. Clearly it’s not the unemployed either since at least your basic needs are met and it’s unnatural to bite the hand that feeds you. So the only two groups left are the youth and criminal elements the former can be disregarded for the most part due lack of financial means and adherence to authority bias. So the only group that remains are criminal elements conducting these things, the torching of police vehicles is a criminal offence itself and usually a precedent has been created in the past that leads up to this event, it’s clearly not your first time. Middle aged Mr Smith is not going to spontaneously decide to suddenly go out in the cold and light a police vehicle on fire for the fun of it. You need capability and capacity and reasons to do these things and the most likely reason is the disruptions the lockdown measures causes in the distribution of illegal drugs by criminal gangs in in the Rotterdam port. Simple as that. Hopefully the media can get ahead with the times.
Queue the sanctions! Holy shit, imagine if this was in Russia! The outrage, the poor oppressed people.
Oh wait, didn’t this happen in Ukraine?
Thats what happens when you try to lynch officers. They shoot at you because they don’t want to die.
It’s amazing how when 2G was implemented in Ireland, at a time when vaccines still weren’t widely available, you got a couple hundred people protesting in Dublin and that was it. Yet, it’s even talked about in the Netherlands at this point and a riot breaks out.
Do you mean with actual weapon and live ammo? WTF?
For all the shit US cops get the European cops love to use force as well.
I think that when Europeans cops start drawing their guns and shoot. There’s a valuable reason.
We are not in a situation like the US, we’re trigger happy cops are walking the streets.
We could count on our fingers cops with “kills”on their records.
Certainly if someone get shot without a tight proof reason, the politicians will drop the cop like a hot plate.
Even more with the activists in Europe that are always ready to screech police brutality when said brutality 9 times out of ten justified.
Seeming violent over there, glad I’m living in America.
Violent mob of morons attack riot police with fireworks, large rocks etc, two are able to claim their hard won Darwin awards.
Either pfizer or lead, these guys are getting their shot.
Why live ammo? Don’t they have plastic bullets?
I’m not sure about automatic translation, they were live, “real” bullets, not less-lethal ammunition?
Were there any policemen inured? Were they using riot gear like shields and armour?