POLICE BLOCK HIGHWAYS ARREST FARMERS IN NORTHERN HOLLAND TONIGHT
VIDEO OF POLICE SHOOTING AT FARMERS PROTEST HEERENVEEN NETHERLANDS 7-5-2022 INCLUDES BULLET HOLE IN TRACTOR PICTURE AFTERWARDS-LINK
"Warning shots were fired and targeted shots were fired"
A SOCIAL MEDIA MESSAGE FROM DUTCH POLICE TONIGHT
Two incidents of police shooting at farmers protesting climate change cow gas rules tonight in Holland.
They happened at exit and entrance ramps to the major freeways that run through the town of Heerenveen (A7 and A32).
Police apparently trying to stop farmers from moving onto the major highways...ADDITIONAL VIDEO LINK
Police made arrests tonight in Heerenveen as well.
This video shows police pointing a pistol into the cab of a tractor...VIDEO LINK
The second shooting incident late tonight at the A32 exit in Heerenveen is being reported on by local media in the Netherlands.
There the regional police say that they found themselves in a threatening situation leading to the shooting.
A member of the Dutch Parliament from the BBB (Farmer-Citizen) Party Caroline van der Plas says there should be an emergency debate with Prime Minister Mark Rutte tomorrow about the escalating situation.
Van Der Plas saying in part on Twitter:
"This is going wrong. I said last week. And it goes wrong"...
NRC NEWS-NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
More farmers protests are planned Wednesday including one at Groningen Airport Eelde in northern Holland.
The airport around 45 miles east of where the police roadblocks, shootings and arrests took place tonight.
(COMMENT)
Perhaps the empty food shelves in the Netherlands will fill up again with blockades ending but the Dutch people have been shown the consequences of the proposed cow gas rules if they are actually implemented.
It will hurt farmers and ultimately the food supply itself.
Nothing more to report for now. A protest rally set for the airport in Groningen in northern Holland in the morning.
Good Night.
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