As expected, the Strasbourg summit, or rather the anti-globalization protests that have challenged skidded wickedly. The police did everything for that, and longstanding, as I said in my previous message, and it's full market. The eruption
autonomous anarchist groups, the famous Black Block, allowed "law enforcement" to exercise thank you without repression against demonstrators, and the peaceful demonstration was originally scheduled never could really fall into place.
As noted by the Badische Zeitung (1), there was yet more police officers than thugs in fact a ratio of about 1 to 10 (!). How have things been slipping in this case at this point?
Many accounts speak of laissez-faire attitude of the police, even the presence of agents provocateurs. Troubling, although it is obviously impossible to verify. It would not be the first time , anyway ...
1: Legend of slideshow: "1000 activist Nato-Gegner und haben sich tausend von Polizisten am Samstag in die bisher Straßburg schwersten Straßenschlachten geliefert. Translation: "1000 activists opposed to NATO and thousands of police were engaged Saturday in Strasbourg in the street fighting the most serious so far."
The presence of the forces of order was massive yet ...
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