Hey now, don't leave the French out of it, they work hard at being bâtards! I think the only ones I see actually trying to be respectable during protests are the Dutch (that I'm aware of).

[–] Sir_Fridge@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

The Dutch police have their ups and downs but nothing heinous like in the post has happened so far. The Dutch law also states that the police is not allowed to use more violence than absolutely necessary. Which is obviously difficult but seems reasonably well followed.

That doesn't mean protests are not broken up, but there has to be a reason why. Recent pro Palestine protests at Universities are broken up because, well, they were making it (partially) impossible to to attend said universities. Same with extinction rebellion protesting on a busy highway.

The Dutch police definitely has their problems with racial profiling and stuff though.

I could definitely be wrong, please correct me if I am.