Originally posted by Hellmutt
Am I the only one seeing a conspiracy here? They're going to arrest as many as possible, so they can complain about "overcrowded" prisons.

Yes... and no...

Yes, I believe that the police, given the articles you present anyways, used this situation for a way to test methods that would normally not be needed..

I believe they intentionally arrested as many people as possible.. so that they could measure the strain on the penal system in Denmark..

More raids in Germany on other Left Wing terrorist groups may or may not be connected..

To assume they are not terrorist is just as wrong to assume they are with out definite information to back the claims..

To say there are no Left Wing Liberal terrorist groups would be completely BS .. there are plenty of them, just as there are Right Wing groups (which includes most religious terrorism) ..

HOWEVER given the light of the situation in the G8 summit, it should be entirely expected that there will be problems, there are always problems at the G8. Hell, London was bombed during a G8 meeting.

Germany may very well have identified some radical Left Wing terrorist cell and moved in for pre-emptive arrest.

Just my point.

I didn't realize tyrants had taken hold in Denmark. They're trying to get rid of everyone who doesn't conform to the consumerist mold. It's disgusting. I'm glad that they stood up to the government, but saddened that they never stood a chance. I suppose the majority of people in Denmark are content with a robotic lifestyle of working eight hours a day for a faceless corporation, helping to make the rich richer and expand hedonistic materialism. Perhaps the people will wake up now that the police are encroaching on their rights.

IMO, the most appalling about the riots around Ungdomshuset has been the preemptive searches of private apartments with the excuse to round up foreingers (which they didn't find many of). They are outright contradicting the Danish constitution. I wonder if there haven't been any outcry than the little or no outcry I have been able to observe from my censored position.

The story about plainclothes circulating the crowd speaking foreing languages is directly frightning. Yes Hellmutt, I do smell conspiracy.

If you have anymore on it, please post. I'm going there in 10 days and would like to know what I go back to.

Whauw... this looks serious.

Gonna be a hot summer in Copenhagen.

As I understand it, it's because they wanted to demolish a building... days before an agreement between christiania and the authorities --after years of negitiations-- MIGHT have been in place.

Well, maybe the authorities don't want no agreement, but are settling for a confrontation to clear it once and for all.

Would be a great drill for them anyway ...for times ahead.

Rejs Jer fordømte her på jorden...

Great you keep us informed, Hellmutt.

Imo, this is nothing but hoodlums seekimg excitement. Destruction for the cause if destruction. Nothing to build.

Yes, young people are frustrated, more and more, I only wish they'd turn their anger against the real culprits, hiding behind the thick walls of Christiansborg.