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The bridge was largely empty after the demonstration was canceled, but hundreds of activists were still standing in other places. The police called on people with loudspeakers to go home anyway.
That hardly worked. Heavy fireworks were lit. Police on horseback had to intervene at the bridge. Some of the people walked to the Schouwburgplein and, according to Mayor Aboutaleb, caused destruction there. The ME intervened.
According to Aboutaleb, people walked to the station “talking and shouting and shouting,” although he stressed to reporters present that it would be mostly quiet for some time before reports of vandalism came out.
Spontaneous follow-up actions seemed to be taking place in various places, in which participants came together, drumming, singing and shouting slogans. “The cycle path on the Coolsingel is full of protesters,” someone writes on social media at around 8:00 PM – more than an hour and a half after the demonstration ended.
It was also busy at the station for some time. Demonstrators gathered, shouting slogans and holding up signs. Peace has still not returned. The police are working on it with all their might. “Our commitment is aimed at getting people out of the city. Groups are addressed and requested to go home. The police helicopter watches from the air. ”
The demonstration spontaneously continued at Central Station, where it seems that no distance can be kept.
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During a riot, a man was attacked with a camera. A fight ensued, with the police intervening. According to a Portuguese woman with a yarmulke, the man expressed racist language and threw a can. He is also said to have hit, which then hit him. The woman wants to report it. “He’s a Nazi,” she says.
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Demo ended
Police, Public Prosecution Service and Mayor Aboutaleb stopped the demonstration at the Erasmus Bridge on Wednesday evening just before the planned end. It was too busy. “The triangle appeals to everyone to go home.”
Demonstrators after a demonstration against racism and police brutality in the US at Glitterplein near Erasmus Bridge.
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Many protesters responded to that call. A police spokesman reported that protesters were led “controlled”. Police horses and Mobile Unit were deployed for this. However, there was still a large group of people who lingered in the area. Calls from police officers to go home have been shouted by some as “F * ck the police”, a slogan that has blown over from America.
Disappointed
While the demonstration was stopped a little after 6 p.m., the speaker of the party continued at that time. Later, the organization helped end the protest. Visitors were asked to leave. “Don’t give them a chance.”
Protesters do not keep a meter and a half away.
Ⓒ Robin Utrecht
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“We have done our utmost to keep the demonstrators at a distance of one and a half meters, but unfortunately that did not work,” said Caitlin Schaap, co-organizer of the demonstration.
Earlier tonight it became clear that there was quite a turnout in Rotterdam. An attempt to enforce the one and a half meter rule proved hopeless.
Demonstrations in The Hague and Groningen went quietly on Tuesday. People could keep sufficient distance in accordance with the corona rules. On Monday, thousands of people came to the event on Dam Square in Amsterdam.
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