This weekend Europe's eyes were on Denmark, as it played host to the yearly Eurovision Song Contest. Bizarrely enough, it was the same weekend that Copenhagen city municipality decided to green light the country's first official nazi demonstration since World War II. On May 9th, about 40 members of far right organisation Danish National Front set up shop outside Parliament sporting propaganda-banners and Danish flags.
One skinhead had even brought his
acoustic guitar along, but before he could strum a single chord counter
demonstrators rained on their parade with glass bottles; as the
anti-fascists increased in numbers, riot police quickly formed a circle
around the right-wing protesters. It was around 3PM, that some 200
masked anti-fascists stormed the square. The leader of the Danish
National Socialist Movement, Esben Kristensen, pretty much had his ass
handed to him before the police pulled out their truncheons and began
forcing the demonstrators back.
To make sure
that the right wing activists didn’t get completely pummelled, riot
police escorted them to safety and sent them on their way. Of course
this only meant the trouble was scattered into the streets of
Copenhagen; While families and tourists stood by stunned and speechless,
packs of masked anti-fascists ran around the city looking for nazis to
beat up.By the end of the day, 13 anti-fascist rioters had been arrested for throwing bottles – one of which will most likely face prison time. Twenty one right-wing radicals were later arrested for public disturbance while on a train leaving Copenhagen.
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