korki’s corner

The police authority in Greece, has grown stronger and less controllable by the state. Yesterday (Saturday 6/12/2008) a cop belonging in some special police force called special guard, killed a teenager (16 years old) with his weapon.

As described by many capitalist media rooms [1 - greek] the teenager throw a bottle ,while being in a larger group of protestants, against the cop’s car, then the cop came out of the car and in cold blood he shoot the youngling, after firing two rounds in the air.

The indymedia network in greece [1-greek][-2-greek] reported that after the bottle throw incident, the cop talked with the teenager, and when the dispute seemed resolved, he got psyched up, and declared that he is the law and he will say when the dispute was over. Afterwards he pulled his gun and started firing against the protestants which in turns lead to the murder of the child.

The secretary of internal affairs, and the vice secretary of internal affairs  resigned, but their resignation wasn’t accepted by the prime minister.

On the other hand many anarchists and leftists marched against the police/state oppression in numerous Greek cities, and protested against the police violence and the unlimited authorities the police forces have been given. During these protests the police tried once again to suppress these acts of free speech with chemicals, and flashbang grenades. Some people reported that firing with elastic bullets took place in some situations,though not confirmed at the time.

It is time for the people, to understand, that police brutality is something existing, and even the smallest trigger may lead to death. All of us shouldn’t put up with such situations and should fight back. All collectives (left or anarchic) have declared that protests will take place today at 1230, so GET INFORMED, GET INVOVLED.

…The clans are marching against the law,

bagpipers play the tunes of war,

death or glory I will find,

rebellion is on my mind…

(Grave Digger - Rebellion)