-Luke-
Member
I was at the first protest of the year yesterday. At least 4000 people here in my boring provincial city. I was curious how the police would react. After the last protest, there was a small shitstorm on Twitter because the police "had been too nice" and didn't beat us off the street. At the end of that protest, an announcement came from a police car like "Thank you for making this a peaceful protest and get home safely". Some people didn't like that at all.Not even the police wants to be part of this !! I hope they're gonna stop complying at some point in the near future. View attachment 31905
Yesterday I had expected the police to be tougher, but it didn't really happen. At first they constantly reminded us that we had to wear masks and keep distance to each other. But only about 3-5% of the people wore face diapers. And the police didn't do anything and after a while the announcements stopped. Towards the end of the protest, a man walking next to me said in a friendly manner to a group of 7 or 8 police officers standing on the sidelines "Put your stuff away and join us. Deep down inside you want it. You don't want to bully ordinary citizens. Come with us!" I think I saw some sympathy in the eyes of some of them.