Tens of thousands of anti-lockdown protesters took to the streets of Amsterdam, denouncing restrictive measures against the coronavirus. The mass rally, which had not, of course, been approved of by the Dutch regime or its police, was met with a strong riot police force.

Author and columnist Michael Walsh says, ‘Perhaps the demonstrators should have carried placards expressing their sympathies for Black Lives Matter causes to make the police calm down.’

The anti-lockdown campaigners gathered in the centre of the Netherlands capital on Sunday, despite failing to get authorisation for the rally from the regime or the approval of their media. 

It gets worse for the so-called authority: The protesters, who largely lacked face masks and did not exactly observe social distancing rules, denounced the restrictive coronavirus measures, carrying banners reading ’Freedom: stop this siege’ and chanting such slogans as ’What do we want? Freedom!’ 

While the Netherlands was initially slower than some countries to respond to the pandemic, it turned to harsher restrictions in December as Covid-19 cases allegedly mounted. However, Covid figures issued by the government via their media have proven to be sham statistics.

The gathering was met with a strong law enforcement presence, including police officers in full riot gear and mounted units. State Police demanded the protesters disperse, but the crowd failed to comply, with some protesters launching fireworks. Police then tried to disperse the crowd by force, with some groups of protesters engaging in scuffles with officers.

At least one water cannon vehicle was deployed to back up the police units. Footage from the scene shows the vehicle dousing protesters at point-blank range as they try to block the advance of the police. Black Lives Matter activists, customarily treated with kid gloves by the authorities, will be chortling. Source