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Dutch police use water cannon, detain 2,400 climate activists
(www.aljazeera.com)
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this post was submitted on 10 Sep 2023
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if i was dutch police, I wouldn't have done that. It seems Squack.y
Most Dutch people don't like what these activists are doing.
It's a beautiful day in September and they are blocking access to one of our biggest cities and one of the most beloved beaches.and creating huge traffic jams due to that.
It's quite likely that our Parliament will pass a law similar to the UK to criminalize the blocking of infrastructure.
Protests are allowed and expected to cause inconvenience, protestors are under no obligation to minimise inconvenience, and inconvenience is not legal ground for a mayor to limit or ban a protest.