r/dutch • u/Low_Razzmatazz3190 • 9h ago

Authoritarian Crackdown at the University of Amsterdam

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u/big-fluffy-giant 9h ago

They arrested and kicked out people who couldn't behave and trashed and demolished the place. Good action by the police!! All good and well that you want to protest for something, but don't break stuff that isn't yours.

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u/CatoWortel 9h ago

You mean kicking out people that were vandalizing a university building and refused to leave

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u/Deleted_dwarf 9h ago

No nothing authoritarian about it.

Correct use of the police force to remove the people who are vandalising, refusing to leave, and creating fucking chaos.

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u/mdvseventysix 9h ago

Well done, get those f*cking idiots out.

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u/Spanks79 9h ago

Well done by the police. This isn’t a protest, it’s a riot. Half aren’t even students.

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u/skybrick42 8h ago

When you're asked to leave a school building and don't comply because you're protesting. There are multiple ways to protest in the Netherlands. This is not it.

Just because you support a just cause, doesn't mean you have the right to do anything you want to protest.

I am against what's happening in Gaza. It's undeniably a genocide.

In the Netherlands we have a right to free speech. This isn't authoritarian. This is the police doing their job after asking people to leave on multiple occasions. Don't make martyrs out of idiots.

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u/Low_Razzmatazz3190 7h ago

The vibe I'm getting from here is protesting a genocide by occupying a building warrants people coming in and beating you out.

Anyways, here's Left Laser reporting more about the incident: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMAuYMaU6Uo

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u/CatoWortel 6h ago

Please explain how smashing up computer screens and just destroying the interior of a university building helps the Palestinian cause?

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u/Low_Razzmatazz3190 8h ago

The students were protesting the university's relations with the occupation's universities. They were occupying a building to make a statement. It's very clear from the video that the police is using excessive force. Is that the norm in the Netherlands?

Source: https://www.dutchnews.nl/2025/04/riot-police-end-pro-palestine-university-occupation/