crustified:

Yesterday evening a group of about 50 squatters squatted a building in western Amsterdam, which got evicted almost immediately. Officially the building was squatted, they had spoken to a lawyer about it, who confirmed that they were right, and there was furniture inside (in the Netherlands you need to create ‘home peace’ and then the building is officially ‘lived in’), and there were about four people inside. The rest of the squatters were outside, trying to withstand the police from going in.

The video shows quite clearly that the cops were not amused, and it all ended in mass arrest. Dogs were used as well, as you can see, and hear in the background.

In this video you can clearly see how the police provoke the crowd by trying to get to the door (if you don’t speak Dutch, it’s less obvious, I guess), even though they have no reason to go inside (as you see in the beginning of the video, they have all the information needed on paper). That’s where the violence begins. As you can hear, people are chanting “Stop met geweld”, which means “Stop the violence”; they are trying to stay peaceful even though the cops immediately start with violent behaviour as soon as they don’t get their way.

This is an enraging video.  But seriously, must reblog.  Squatter’s rights?  Bah, there’s apparently no such thing.

(via fuckyeahanarchopunk)