Svenskarnas Parti (party of the swedes), an outspoken rasist party, responsible of an attack on a peaceful anti-rasism demonstration this december. Responsible for the attempted murder of 6 people on the 8th of march. A party that sent volounteers to Ukraine to fight in fascist paramilitary-brigades, roaming the streets of Kiev and beating up communists.
Yesterday in Malmö this party helt a meeting. About 1000 persons were there to demonstrate and show that they will never be accepted.
The police were there of course, that I don't object to.
However, they went way too far.
The police acted as a wall, protecting Svenskarnas Parti (and the anti-fascists) by keeping them away from eachother.
Suddenly - unprovoked - the police started attacking the anti-fascists. I followed this closely on many different medias as it happened. The police (as they have done many times the last years in Sweden) come up with excuses and try to expel themselves from any blame.
The fact is though, that the situations has been recorded. And the story from countless eyewitnesses, from free-lancing journalists as well as regular journalists show a different situation.
The police on horseback rode over a group of people - repeatedly. Centimeters from crushing skulls, resulting in a lot of blood and injuries. When people tried to help those that had been trampled, the police responded with beating them with batons.
They prevented the ambulances from arriving, as they refused to move their vehicles.
And once the ambulances arrived, people went in to protect those that were to be loaded into them - now the police started attacking these people as well.
One man was overrun by an armored car, most definitely intentional.
Here's a few pictures to show you the mayhem, as well as two videos.
Here's the police charging a group of people - unprovoked.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbQcXdzsjho&list=FLD7jEKzLS1mnXSWm-KCAMPA&index=1And here's the really horrible video, where they ride over them with their horses.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OB0-MXNPUIU&list=FLD7jEKzLS1mnXSWm-KCAMPA&index=2Once again. This was unprovoked.
Today, in my city, Svenskarnas Parti is having another meeting. I will be there, protesting. More important now than ever to not let ourselves be frightened of the police and the rasist. I just hope people focus on opposing the rasists, the "fight" against the police is for another day.