The police reply to Elokapina’s accusations – 2024-07-01 13:04:09

The Helsinki Police Division evaluates the actions of the police throughout the Elokapina protests.

The Helsinki Police Division broadcasts that it’s going to proceed preliminary investigations and examine the occasions of Friday’s Länsiväylä and Porkkalankatu particularly. On the similar time, it informs that the police acted as required by the state of affairs.

The Elokapini blames the violence

Elokapina introduced that they needed to cease their demonstration on Friday due to police violence. Elokapina held a press convention on the matter right now, Sunday.

A composite video has been printed on Elokapina’s Instagram account, by which the police forcefully transfer protesters apart. The video reveals how uncooperative protesters are dragged alongside the highway and dragged right into a ditch.

Within the publication, amongst different issues, it’s mentioned that the police used a choke maintain on a so-called authorized observer, who didn’t protest however recorded the encounters between the police and the demonstrators.

The police additionally reportedly hit one protester on the top with a banner stick. A video of the state of affairs has additionally been shared on the environmental motion’s X account.

“The state of affairs demanded it”

The Helsinki police say that Elokapina made a report about Friday’s demonstration on Länsiväylä and that the police refused to dam site visitors on Länsiväylä.

Based on the police, the Länsiväylä demonstration differed from the motion’s earlier demonstrations. Based on it, it was troublesome to foretell the actions of the demonstrators, who have been divided into small teams.

– The protesters endangered their very own security, the security of different highway customers and the police. The police acted as required by the state of affairs, the police press launch says.

The police announce that the already initiated preliminary investigation measures will likely be accomplished and the police will consider “in accordance with regular follow additionally their very own actions”. The police even have their very own video footage of the occasions.

The exercise will likely be evaluated for all three Elokapina demonstrations organized throughout the identical week.

The August rebellion protested in opposition to the granting of state subsidies that have been dangerous to the surroundings and demanded that the federal government draw up an correct report on the extent of such subsidies.

The environmental motion Elokapina demonstrated its opinion in Helsinki on Friday, June 28, 2024, on the finish of Länsiväylä on the intersection of Porkkalantie, and later on the intersection of Mechelininkatu and Pohjoisen Rautaitenkatu. Antti Nikkanen