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After today's Independence Day march in Warsaw was banned by the mayor, the organisers called on participants to attend instead in cars and on bikes. However, many have arrived at the meeting point on foot https://twitter.com/k_berenda/status/1326504183030280194
There is a live feed from the march here, showing that many have gathered on foot despite the mayor's ban and the organisers' call for people to attend in cars and on bikes https://www.facebook.com/watch/live/?v=374151180463137&ref=notif¬if_id=1605098938618073¬if_t=live_video
Some have argued that it is hypocritical of the mayor to have expressed support for ongoing mass abortion protests during the pandemic but to have banned the Independence March.
He says that by law he cannot ban “spontaneous events” like the protests https://notesfrompoland.com/2020/11/09/polands-independence-march-to-be-held-in-cars-after-being-banned-amid-pandemic/
He says that by law he cannot ban “spontaneous events” like the protests https://notesfrompoland.com/2020/11/09/polands-independence-march-to-be-held-in-cars-after-being-banned-amid-pandemic/
Many participants in the Independence March in Warsaw - which was meant to take place in cars due to being banned amid the pandemic - have set off on foot
Some participants in the Independence March have clashed with police. For more footage, see the timeline of @piotrdrabik, a journalist on the ground
A fire broke out in an apartment along the route of the Independence March after participants threw flares into it, the fire brigade has confirmed.
There were flags on the building's balcony showing support for LGBT rights and the abortion protests
There were flags on the building's balcony showing support for LGBT rights and the abortion protests
Footage of participants in the Independence March throwing flares at a building where LGBT and Women's Strike flags were hanging. They started a fire in the apartment below. The fire brigade confirm that no one was hurt
Further clashes at the Independence March, with flares and bottles being thrown at police https://mobile.twitter.com/PBalinowski/status/1326546677709238272
Paving stones being thrown at police https://mobile.twitter.com/Vojtekus/status/1326541337009643523
State TV, which is under the influence of the goverment, claims that today's violence was the result of "provocation by hooligans" against a "safe, peaceful march" https://mobile.twitter.com/tvp_info/status/1326547501160095751
The far-right organisers of the Independence March claim today's violence was caused by "Antifa activists" and "provocative behaviour" by police
The police deny it, saying it is "an explanation we hear very often from people who attacked police" https://www.rmf24.pl/fakty/polska/news-organizatorzy-marszu-niepodleglosci-o-prowokacyjnej-postawie,nId,4848787
The police deny it, saying it is "an explanation we hear very often from people who attacked police" https://www.rmf24.pl/fakty/polska/news-organizatorzy-marszu-niepodleglosci-o-prowokacyjnej-postawie,nId,4848787
A video showing police hitting journalists with batons at today's Independence March https://twitter.com/makowski_m/status/1326589678695419908
A well-known photojournalist, 74-year-old Tomasz Gutry, was injured by a rubber bullet fired by police at today's Independence March in Warsaw
They reportedly shot at him "from a few meters" away. Two MPs from the ruling party have demanded an explanation https://wiadomosci.wp.pl/marsz-niepodleglosci-legendarny-fotoreporter-tomasz-gutry-powaznie-zraniony-6574546649992096a
They reportedly shot at him "from a few meters" away. Two MPs from the ruling party have demanded an explanation https://wiadomosci.wp.pl/marsz-niepodleglosci-legendarny-fotoreporter-tomasz-gutry-powaznie-zraniony-6574546649992096a
Further footage showing police treatment of members of the press
