Copenhagen clashes lead to 50 arrests

allesennogwat · 05-15-2007, 08:59 AM

Reuters-Tuesday May 15

COPENHAGEN - Danish police arrested at least 50 people in Copenhagen on Monday night after violent clashes that started when authorities demolished a wood house in Copenhagen's famous hippie enclave Christiania.

Several hundred people gathered to protest against the demolition, setting fire to rubbish bins and cars near Christiania in central Copenhagen.

Police spokesman Flemming Steen Munk said on Tuesday that five of those arrested would be charged for resisting arrest.

In March, hundreds were arrested in the Danish capital after the eviction of left-wing squatters from a youth centre led to days of violent street clashes.

Christiania was founded by hippies in 1971 in central Copenhagen in abandoned military barracks. Later it grew into a tourist hotspot, largely thanks to an easy trade in soft drugs.

Denmark's centre-right coalition government which has clamped down on the drugs trade wants to construct new buildings, tear down some houses and introduce normal ownership rules in the area, requiring residents to pay rent.

So far, residents have rejected the full government plan and the government has said it will introduce the changes unilaterally, despite protest from supporters of the area.

allesennogwat · 05-15-2007, 08:59 AM

Cars burn during a protest by activists against the demolition of an illegally built house in the Christiania district of Copenhagen late May 14, 2007.

festus · 05-15-2007, 06:47 PM

I always thought Copenhagen came in a can

mmckown · 05-16-2007, 01:12 PM

Nope, that's Prince Albert!

the eXiLe · 05-17-2007, 02:15 AM

Prince Albert........I thought that was something that went through your helmet!

JohnFreeman · 05-17-2007, 05:58 PM

Ah, nothing like peace, free love and those fun loving hippies....

05-15-2007, 08:59 AM	#1
allesennogwat Curio & Relic AKaholic #: 3738 Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 32,132	Copenhagen clashes lead to 50 arrests Reuters-Tuesday May 15 COPENHAGEN - Danish police arrested at least 50 people in Copenhagen on Monday night after violent clashes that started when authorities demolished a wood house in Copenhagen's famous hippie enclave Christiania. Several hundred people gathered to protest against the demolition, setting fire to rubbish bins and cars near Christiania in central Copenhagen. Police spokesman Flemming Steen Munk said on Tuesday that five of those arrested would be charged for resisting arrest. In March, hundreds were arrested in the Danish capital after the eviction of left-wing squatters from a youth centre led to days of violent street clashes. Christiania was founded by hippies in 1971 in central Copenhagen in abandoned military barracks. Later it grew into a tourist hotspot, largely thanks to an easy trade in soft drugs. Denmark's centre-right coalition government which has clamped down on the drugs trade wants to construct new buildings, tear down some houses and introduce normal ownership rules in the area, requiring residents to pay rent. So far, residents have rejected the full government plan and the government has said it will introduce the changes unilaterally, despite protest from supporters of the area. __________________ Daraclor: A brand of anti-malaria pills which we had to drink every week while on the border. Legend had it that these would make you turn yellow and that you wouldn't be able to tan.

05-15-2007, 08:59 AM	#2
allesennogwat Curio & Relic AKaholic #: 3738 Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 32,132	Cars burn during a protest by activists against the demolition of an illegally built house in the Christiania district of Copenhagen late May 14, 2007. __________________ Daraclor: A brand of anti-malaria pills which we had to drink every week while on the border. Legend had it that these would make you turn yellow and that you wouldn't be able to tan.

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the eXiLe Curio & Relic Contributor AKaholic #: 5154 Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Over The Rainbow Posts: 6,926	Prince Albert........I thought that was something that went through your helmet! __________________ I love talking about nothing, it is the only thing I know anything about.

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festus Curio & Relic AKaholic #: 4996 Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Hampstead NC, C.S.A. Posts: 3,290	I always thought Copenhagen came in a can

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mmckown Curio & Relic Bronze Contributor AKaholic #: 8219 Join Date: May 2007 Location: dead, buried Posts: 2,009	Nope, that's Prince Albert!

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