Military Police Deployed As 500,000 Catalan Independence Protesters Shut Down Barcelona
Central Barcelona has reportedly been paralyzed as mass protests which international reports estimate to number over a half-million people are driven by outrage at harsh prison sentences for pro-independence leaders handed down by the top Spanish court.
Protest leaders are vowing "the streets will be ours" as they push for Catalan independence, and as riot police have begun clashing with stone-throwing activists, who are also in some places of the city setting makeshift roadblocks ablaze. 
Pro-Catalan independence protesters near the police headquarters in Barcelona on Friday, via the AFP.
With night fall, reporters on the ground are describing what's beginning to resemble a war zone, with increasing violence against police, as also both far-left and far-right agitators are said to be infiltrating the crowd and engaged in increasing violence and vandalism.
Protesters blocked at least 20 major roadways Friday, via Sky News. MOAR at Link https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/military-police-deployed-500000-catalan-independence-protesters-shut-down-barcelona