Current Events > 15 Nazis and 2 liberals detained in Sweden after illegal protest gets violent.

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15 people from the neo-Nazi organisation Nordic Resistance Movement (Nordiska Motstndsrrelsen, NMR) as well as two counter-demonstrators have been taken in by police in Gothenburg.

One counter-protestor was injured at the demonstration, for which police permission had not been given, reports. We have taken the arrested individuals to the police station, police spokesperson Hans Lippens said.

NMR distributed leaflets and carried banners in various places around central Gothenburg on Saturday. Police moved to disperse the supporters of the neo-Nazi organisation, since it did not have permission to demonstrate. They have disturbed public order, Lippens said.

The spokesperson confirmed that 15 individuals were detained, of which one was arrested for violent behaviour towards police. A counter-demonstrator was reportedly injured near the Gustav Adolfs torg square.

They said they were hit by [supporters of] NMR, so we will investigate it, Lippens said.

The condition of the injured person is unclear at the time of writing. An ambulance was reportedly called to the scene. In the early hours of Saturday, police stopped a car after its passengers had hung a banner with a right-wing extremist message over the E20 motorway, TT reports.

Police were despatched after the banner was reported by other motorists.

A number of flares and fireworks were confiscated from the car, Lippens confirmed.

Four more cars were subsequently stopped by police and further items, including a knife, were confiscated.

In September last year, a large NMR march in Gothenburg required heavy police presence and ended in a number of arrests.

Full Article: https://www.thelocal.se/20180113/swedish-police-detain-15-at-neo-nazi-demonstration-in-gothenburg



Jeez this is all going to get worse before it gets better isn't it?
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1 hour of community service and $10,000 for all of them
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I'm curious about the counter-demonstrators; I'm not sure liberal would be a label they'd agree with.
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Irony posted...

1 hour of community service and $10,000 for all of them

Its cute that you think any of these 17 people have $10,000
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No that's the legal system in Sweden. They'll get 1 hour of community service and $10,000.
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UnfairRepresent posted...

Jeez this is all going to get worse before it gets better isn't it?

Yup, at least in Europe anyway. Far-right nationalism, despite electoral losses, still is on the rise. And with that you're going to see the opposition rise as well.
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The Great Muta 22 posted...

UnfairRepresent posted...

Jeez this is all going to get worse before it gets better isn't it?

Yup, at least in Europe anyway. Far-right nationalism, despite electoral losses, still is on the rise. And with that you're going to see the opposition rise as well.

I still feel like people should discuss their differences civily and no resort to violence
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NMR is pure filth. Even the Far Right Nationalist party Sverigedemokraterna openly label them a terrorist organisation after NMR-members carried out bombings of asylum centers.

The counter-protestors tend not to be Gods best children either but NMR is truly vile and take pride in following Nazism.

Antifar posted...

I'm curious about the counter-demonstrators; I'm not sure liberal would be a label they'd agree with.

They tend to be a loose coalition of various Communist and Anarchist movements. Far Leftists in the real sense of the word. They tend to vote for parties not represented in Parliament and Liberal is defnitely not the correct label
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ib4 "they aren't Nazis just because you disagree with their opinions"
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FigureOfSpeech posted...

ib4 "they aren't Nazis just because you disagree with their opinions"

Ib4somethingSwedenhatesfreespeech
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Antifar posted...

I'm curious about the counter-demonstrators; I'm not sure liberal would be a label they'd agree with.

"No true Scotsman would commit an act of violence!"
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Bump
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UnfairRepresent posted...

Antifar posted...

I'm curious about the counter-demonstrators; I'm not sure liberal would be a label they'd agree with.

"No true Scotsman would commit an act of violence!"

This is not, in any way, meant to defend liberals, but rather to criticize them for not confronting Nazis. The Swede ITT agrees with my guesswork.
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Antifar posted...

UnfairRepresent posted...

Antifar posted...

I'm curious about the counter-demonstrators; I'm not sure liberal would be a label they'd agree with.

"No true Scotsman would commit an act of violence!"

This is not, in any way, meant to defend liberals, but rather to criticize them for not confronting Nazis. The Swede ITT agrees with my guesswork.

Aye.
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Antifar posted...

UnfairRepresent posted...

Antifar posted...

I'm curious about the counter-demonstrators; I'm not sure liberal would be a label they'd agree with.

"No true Scotsman would commit an act of violence!"

This is not, in any way, meant to defend liberals, but rather to criticize them for not confronting Nazis. The Swede ITT agrees with my guesswork.

uhuh
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