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Sky news were filming right by it when it started - police had been kettled and resorted to rubber bullets to unkettle, then they carried on when people scattered. Well over the top. They weren't about to be lynched.I am watching Euronews, there's a lot of bangs going off, sounds like gunfire.
ETA - They've just switched to a different feed.
That may be on the cards later onSky news were filming right by it when it started - police had been kettled and resorted to rubber bullets to unkettle, then they carried on when people scattered. Well over the top. They weren't about to be lynched.
First rubber bullets fired in Barcelona since 2014 after the much more cuddly catalan police took out a final total of seven peoples eyes and were then banned from using them.
Fuck, they're not messing. BBC newsreader has just said 'voters clash with riot police' on the headlines which is an interesting use of subject and object
It was seven diff occasions - each time the catalan police fired them into someones eyes and took an eye out. The last one was the 2012 general strike. Thy do still have foam bullets which also take peoples eyes out. As does the water cannons they also have.I was wondering about that.
What was the context on that occassion?
Catalan News Agency live feed:
Catalan News
A key moment would be Mossos defending the polling stations from the Guardia Civil.
First rubber bullets fired in Barcelona since 2014 after the much more cuddly catalan police took out a final total of seven peoples eyes and were then banned from using them.
Yes they are.Journos are reporting this as them being banned outright in Catalonia rather than just by the Mossos.
It was seven diff occasions - each time the catalan police fired them into someones eyes and took an eye out. The last one was the 2012 general strike. Thy do still have foam bullets which also take peoples eyes out. As does the water cannons they also have.
Fuck, they're not messing. BBC newsreader has just said 'voters clash with riot police' on the headlines which is an interesting use of subject and object
Of mainstream media sky news.What's the best thing to watch?
What's the best thing to watch?