Police cracked down on the March of Civilisation on 27 June 2011 in The Hague. The demonstration against art cuts, which was controversial because of its rather elitist naming, ended with a few charges by the ME on artists. Their friendly sit-in thereby degenerated into something that opponents of all those elitist subsidy slimmers (according to Martin Bosma of the PVV) were only too happy to see: violence.
Unjustified, it now turns out. The court acquitted the artists detained by the ME for violence against the competent authority. The court also ruled that unnecessarily harsh action was taken.
Still, a small consolation for the people who by now are probably deprived of their livelihood are.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqA9fSingbo#t=144
http://www.greetingsfromthehague.com/?page_id=32
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