Dutch Police Clash With Protesters Denouncing Lockdown Measures
Police officers in riot gear used water cannons to disperse demonstrators in the center of Amsterdam opposed to government measures to contain the coronavirus.
Hundreds of demonstrators rallied in Amsterdam on Sunday.Credit.Robin Van Lonkhuijsen/Agence France-Presse, via Getty Images
Jan. 17, 2021
Thousands of people, some throwing fireworks and stones, joined an unauthorized protest against the Dutch government’s coronavirus restrictions in Amsterdam on Sunday, and riot police officers used water cannons, batons, attack dogs and horses to disperse the crowd.
Around a hundred were arrested, according to local media.
The protest came two days after the resignation of Prime Minister Mark Rutte and his cabinet over the way the Dutch tax authority has treated innocent people involved in a child-benefit scandal.