Images of a ME bus that seems to be on PSV supporters in Eindhoven on Sunday evening, causes a lot of indignation on social media. Riotchoppers got it on the Vonderweg, near the Philips Station, literally on the stick with the police during the PSV championship party. Fourteen agents were injured in the disturbances. According to the police, the videos about driving in on supporters do not show the full picture.
Online you can see on various films how a police bus winds over the road and towards the crowd and sometimes psv supporters almost touches. The PSV supporters sometimes have to do a few steps aside or back, so as not to be hit by the police vehicle. Many people get angry about the action of the ME bus.
The X-channel Casual Ultra Official also shares the images and believes that the police trigger and intimidates towards the PSV supporters. Under the video it rains angry reactions.
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‘Not unusual’
The police say that she understands that the action looks strange, but that nothing crazy happens. “This is not an unusual maneuver or tactic. Space is created here to keep groups apart and reduce,” the spokesperson said to Studio040.
According to the police, the necessary preceded. “There were strong confrontations, rioters used a lot of violence and thrown with stones, fireworks and other objects.” In total, 22 rioters were arrested by the police.
No complete picture
According to the police, the video above does not show the whole image, because the ‘huge violence’ is not visible. “We also read online that many people think that we are consciously provoking here, but that is certainly not the case. The vans then also drive away and that cannot be seen on the video,” the police spokesman explains.
In the disturbances, 14 agents were eventually injured. Two were accidentally bitten by a police dog and a cop was treated in the face in the ambulance. The others were slightly injured by blows and stairs that she received and objects that were thrown against them.
