{"id":2447,"date":"2011-11-13T20:02:24","date_gmt":"2011-11-13T20:02:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/?p=2447"},"modified":"2011-11-13T20:02:24","modified_gmt":"2011-11-13T20:02:24","slug":"protesters-attack-police-on-polish-independence-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/protesters-attack-police-on-polish-independence-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Protesters attack police on Polish Independence Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Independence Day in Poland was not the quiet one this year&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Dozens of protesters attacked police in Warsaw during Poland\u2019s Independence Day celebrations on Friday.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">210 people were arrested, many of them were anarchists from Germany.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The demonstration by far-right groups was countered by a peaceful march of some 300 left-wing protesters, who held anti-capitalist banners and chanted slogans.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2011\/11\/Poland-Independence-Day.JPEG-0d954.jpg\" aria-label=\"Poland Independence Day.JPEG 0d954 300x173\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2448\"  alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"173\" \/ src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2011\/11\/Poland-Independence-Day.JPEG-0d954-300x173.jpg\"><\/a>The violence happened despite an earlier call for calm by President Bronis\u0142aw Komorowski.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\u201cLet\u2019s not tell people how to love Poland, let\u2019s not celebrate Independence Day by fighting, let\u2019s celebrate it together,\u201d he said in a speech.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">November 11, 2011 marks the 93rd anniversary since Poland regained its independence after 123 years of foreign rule by Russia, Austria and Prussia.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Forty police officers were injured and 14 patrol cars damaged during the disturbances.\u00a0Twenty nine people were treated in hospitals.\u00a0A transmission van from the TVN television station was set on fire and a Polish Radio vehicle was stoned by nationalists.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Polish prosecutors have filed criminal charges against 46 people suspected of attacking police.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The charges come as Polish authorities have moved quickly to put on trial some of the 210 people arrested in Friday\u2019s attacks. Officials are taking a tough stance against violence before the Euro 2012 soccer championships next year.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Do nast<\/strong><strong>\u0119pnego razu&#8230; <\/strong>(Till next time&#8230;)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Independence Day in Poland was not the quiet one this year&#8230; Dozens of protesters attacked police in Warsaw during Poland\u2019s Independence Day celebrations on Friday. 210 people were arrested, many of them were anarchists from Germany. 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