Posted on 11/20/2021 6:57:26 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Police opened fire on protesters in rioting that erupted in downtown Rotterdam around a demonstration against COVID-19 restrictions late Friday night. The Dutch city’s mayor called it “an orgy of violence.”
Police said that two rioters were hospitalized after being hit by bullets and investigations were underway to establish if they were shot by police. The condition of the injured rioters was not disclosed.
Officers arrested 51 people, about half of them minors, police said Saturday afternoon. One police officer was hospitalized with a leg injury sustained in the rioting, another was treated by ambulance staff and “countless” others suffered minor injuries.
Mayor Ahmed Aboutaleb told reporters in the early hours of Saturday morning that “on a number of occasions the police felt it necessary to draw their weapons to defend themselves” as rioters ran rampage through the port city’s central shopping district, setting fires and throwing rocks and fireworks at officers.
Photos from the scene showed at least one police car in flames and another with a bicycle slammed through its windshield.
Riot police and a water cannon restored calm after midnight.
It was one of the worst outbreaks of violence in the Netherlands since coronavirus restrictions were first imposed last year. In January, rioters also attacked police and set fires on the streets of Rotterdam after a curfew came into force.
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Live ammunition against rioters.
What a concept.
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Killing and maiming for health!
Mayor Ahmed Aboutaleb??? Doesn’t sound like a Dutch name to me.
What the hell is going on in Europe???
“The vaccines, lockdowns, segregation and isolation haven’t worked...so you need more of it...just like socialism and communism.”
“Mayor Ahmed Aboutaleb...”
A very common Dutch name. What the hell happened to Europe?
The Dutch ate their Prime Minister in the 1600’s. Shall we try for seconds?
Apparently only used against rioters demanding liberty.
Both of you wonder what the hell happened in Europe. I wonder the same thing. But we needn’t wonder for long
Whatever the hell happened there is about to happen here.
Wow. Live ammunition, not rubber, tear gas, and water cannons. Fortunately for the government, I assume the citizenry is disarmed, as they are in most of Europe outside Switzerland. Of that we’re to happen in this country, a simmering urban guerilla war would follow
Europeans don't want to have children, who interfere with their extended vacations. So they import their replacements from third world countries. That also shows the world that they are compassionate and enlightened.
“A simmering urban guerilla war would follow.”
Coming soon to a city near you.
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Doubt if it was “live” ammo. If fired by the police, probably rubber. Stupid press wouldn’t know the difference.
Beatings will continue until morale improves.
The videos on YouTube are unbelievable!
Meanwhile...
notice the cause was absent from the headline...
Shooting people for their own good. Takes a certain kind of mindset.
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