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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWell - this just in from the Post...Riots erupt in Swedens capital just days after Trump comments
Just two days after President Trump provoked widespread consternation by seeming to imply, incorrectly, that immigrants had perpetrated a recent spate of violence in Sweden, riots broke out in a predominantly immigrant neighborhood in the northern suburbs of Sweden's capital, Stockholm.
The neighborhood, Rinkeby, was the scene of riots in 2010 and 2013, too. And in most ways, what happened late Monday night was reminiscent of those earlier bouts of anger. Swedish police apparently made an arrest around 8 p.m. near the Rinkeby station. For reasons not yet disclosed by the police, word of the arrest prompted a crowd of youths to gather.
Over four hours, the crowd burned about half a dozen cars, vandalized several shopfronts and threw rocks at police.
The neighborhood, Rinkeby, was the scene of riots in 2010 and 2013, too. And in most ways, what happened late Monday night was reminiscent of those earlier bouts of anger. Swedish police apparently made an arrest around 8 p.m. near the Rinkeby station. For reasons not yet disclosed by the police, word of the arrest prompted a crowd of youths to gather.
Over four hours, the crowd burned about half a dozen cars, vandalized several shopfronts and threw rocks at police.
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Well - this just in from the Post...Riots erupt in Swedens capital just days after Trump comments (Original Post)
jmg257
Feb 2017
OP
Who instigated and participated in the riots? Swedish white people? It doesn't say
KittyWampus
Feb 2017
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Historic NY
(37,451 posts)1. paid rioters????
yallerdawg
(16,104 posts)2. Disgruntled youths pissed off about arrest, in an area of high unemployment?
Only in Sweden...
LisaM
(27,815 posts)3. Weird, eh?
Timed it a bit wrong there.
Cracklin Charlie
(12,904 posts)5. Someone gave Assface next weeks script by mistake?
TheDebbieDee
(11,119 posts)10. Ding! Ding! Ding! We have a WINNER!
TexasMommaWithAHat
(3,212 posts)11. Not really weird.
This is happening regularly in Europe - France, in particular - and is bound to spread.
ck4829
(35,077 posts)4. Are we sure it's not a bunch of suburban kids celebrating a team victory?
KittyWampus
(55,894 posts)6. Who instigated and participated in the riots? Swedish white people? It doesn't say
in the article.
jmg257
(11,996 posts)8. Yes - not very clear...just 'a crowd of youths in an immigrant neighborhood'.
KittyWampus
(55,894 posts)9. From LA Times: Included some people wearing masks.
The Monday clashes started when police arrested a suspect and people started throwing stones at them in Rinkeby, north of Stockholm. Unidentified people, including some wearing masks, also set cars on fire and looted shops.
JTFrog
(14,274 posts)7. Maybe his timing was off. He thought they paid them to do it last Friday. nt