The opposition Syriza party has accused the ruling New Democracy party of emboldening police violence and attempting to create a 'police state'
Shortly after thousands marched in the Greek capital to commemorate the eleventh anniversary of a police shooting that killed a teenage boy on Friday, groups of black-clad youth gathered in Exarchia, a restive neighbourhood in central Athens.
On Friday night, the first Molotov cocktails exploded around a bend on a residential street, and a swarm of riot police appeared near the central square. Anarchist youth hurled stones, bottles and petrol bombs. “Cops, pigs, murderers,” they chanted, scattering as a column of riot police hurtled in their direction.
By Saturday, the left-wing Syriza party, which governed Greece between January 2015 and July of this year, had criticised the government for emboldening police violence, as had the Greek division of the Amnesty International rights group. Earlier in the day, drones flew above and large squads of police followed another demonstration as marchers made their way through downtown Athens. Although tensions were high, the protest ended without incident.
Announced in late November, the five-member committee will investigate claims submitted regarding police brutality. Protesters throw back to riot police a tear gas canister during minor clashes in Athens, Friday, Dec. 6, 2019. Thousands of protesters in Greece have joined marches in the nation's capital and other cities to mark the anniversary of the fatal police shooting of a teenager that sparked extensive rioting 11 years ago. Many New Democracy lawmakers, however, have celebrated the police response to protests and riots.
“Leaving all other issues aside, there is a fundamental paradox in the policies of New Democracy,” Alexis Charitsis, a Syriza spokesperson, told TRT World.
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