The “Palestinian cause” supersedes all warnings against coronavirus in Sweden.
“Christer Fuxborg, press officer at the west region police, commented on the protests saying that many of the demonstrators may not have known that gathering in large groups was now against the law and said officers informed them to disperse with a warning.”
How could they not have known? Perhaps they are largely migrants themselves. In any case, the demonstrators were clearly heedless of the possibility of endangering the population at large. And social justice warriors continue to cover for them.
“Swedish Pro-Migrant Protest Violates Coronavirus Crowd Ban,” by Chris Tomlinson, Breitbart, April 1, 2020:
A demonstration outside a Swedish Migration Board facility in the city of Gothenburg this week violated government restrictions on gatherings of crowds meant to halt the spread of the Wuhan coronavirus.
The protest, which saw around 85 people gathered outside the Migration Board facility, was to support stateless Palestinian migrants who have neither been given a Swedish residency permit nor been deported from the country.
The event comes after the Swedish government had put in place new measures to combat the Wuhan coronavirus, including the banning of gatherings of more than 50 people, broadcaster SVT reports.
Christer Fuxborg, press officer at the west region police, commented on the protests saying that many of the demonstrators may not have known that gathering in large groups was now against the law and said officers informed them to disperse with a warning.
“We asked people to leave. They must not be in groups of more than 50, so we make sure they understand that and then they can talk together and figure out what they should do,” Fuxborg said.
“You try to solve this as diplomatically as possible. We want to avoid grabbing people and dragging them away, so in the first instance, we inform about what applies, and then they have to take a stand on it,” he said.
The new Swedish measures are far less restrictive than countries like France or Austria where most businesses are closed and, in the case of Austria, masks are required to visit supermarkets…..
Frank Anderson says
The whole idea of limiting groups to any number is a farce. How can 49 be safe if 50 is dangerous?
The US Constitutional First Amendment Right to peaceably assemble can be limited under some circumstances. Of course, that does not apply in other countries. But that does not change the “arbitrary and capricious” nature of allowing 49 while prohibiting 50. Then again, the US Constitution is unique in existing to limit the power of government instead of the people.
mortimer says
The Swedish Leftards have removed many constitutional safeguards, so their party may rule as a dictatorship. To assure the perpetuity of the dictatorship, they have imported non-Swedish unemployable migrants who hate ordinary Swedes but sponge off of them. What a horrible nightmare. Generations of Swedes have been indoctrinated to hate Sweden and to hate misogyny and maleness in general. However, they have imported some of the most heartless misogynists in the world.
Frank Anderson says
Mortimer, do you see a similarity with pre-WWII Germany, except the Germans did not need to import the thugs to form the SA (Storm Troopers)? “Local talent” was sufficient!
A Gnostic Agnostic says
Are the Muhammadans whining and squealing like pigs again?
Where do they get this whiney-squealey pig nature from?
Don’t they accuse Jews of being pigs?
Do they scapegoat their own nature onto others?
“You’re a bigot…!”
“You’re a racist…!”
“You’re an “Islamophobe”…!”
“You! You! You!”
Very “Youish” religion. No wonder the world is infected with “Youism”:
China declared Islam an infectious illness – no wonder the Muslim Brotherhood
COVID-19’d China and blamed Jews/U.S. – they scapegoat everything.
The Muslim Brotherhood already indicated COVID-19 is Islamic jihad.
They are using their own people to spread the virus, just as they use
their own people to commit any kind of jihad.
It’s their religion: kill, blame others, kill, blame others ad infinitum.
Forget Palestine, try Paleswine: ‘state of pig’
thus the name reflects its contents: a deadly people
who worship a dead pig Muhammad.
Original Sin = Blame
Mark of Cain = ‘the accuser is the accused’
Mark of the Beast = Islamic Shahada
gravenimage says
I have *no* love of Islam, God knows.
But your constant claim that the Muslim Brotherhood ginned up a so far incurable disease and managed to release it in the middle of Communist China makes no sense. Citations?
David says
Muslims being offered Paradise is like buying a pig in a poke.
mortimer says
OH !!! They DIDN’T KNOW THE LAW! There’s an excuse that will not impress the judge if you’re a Swede, rather than a migrant.
This is the racism of lower expectations.
ELI says
“How could they not have known?”
Because possibly Sweden did not implement a full lockdown: “Sweden has remained the exception. Schools for pupils up to 16 years, kindergartens, bars, restaurants, ski resorts, sports clubs, hairdressers: all remain open, weeks after everything closed down in next door Denmark and Norway.”
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/28/as-the-rest-of-europe-lives-under-lockdown-sweden-keeps-calm-and-carries-on
gravenimage says
Sweden: Demonstrators supporting “stateless Palestinian migrants” defy coronavirus restrictions
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Well, enabling violent Muslim invaders is certainly a good reason for actions that will spread the disease…sarc/off
Giacomo Latta says
What a coincidence that adopting a pro-Palestinian stance causes you to turn swarthy if you are a Swede. At least it is comforting to know that the police are not so swarthy. Yet!