FODKOS – Why Sweden is no longer a democracy

I was at a manifestation in Stortorget in Malmö on Sunday, January 25th, 13:00. Not a demonstration, a manifestation.
Here is a short review of the events that happened there: A group of around 150 Swedish citizens has received the permission to hold a manifestation in Stortorget, Malmö. These people were put within a cage, surrounded by no more than 20 policemen. Outside this closed area gathered a crowd of around the same number, illegally without the police confirmation, and started shouting and offending the people inside. These included shouts of “murderers”, “death to jews” (in arabic) and calls to eliminate the state of Israel. Moreover, quite smilingly, they saluted the Hitler Salute towards the people inside (who were holding Swedish and Israeli flags).
At around 13:25, the legal speakers were forced to end their talks because the electricity was unplugged by a person from the surrounding mob. Until this time the police were passive, only then they took this person aside and returned to being passive and reactive. Within a couple of minutes, the counter protesters (illegal, did I mention?) started to throw eggs, stones and other solid objects at the people gathered within the encapsulated area. One of these objects was a glass bottle, thrown a distance of 50 meters. A glass bottle is a murder weapon in this case. The police, being passive yet again until this point, have taken/arrested a person after that. Hopefully that was the same individual throwing the bottle, and hopefully he will be treated as a want-to-be killer.
Not connecting the electricity, and not allowing the manifestation to go on as planned, led to a firework being thrown inside towards the group of people. This is the type of firework with which people lose their fingers and arms in New Year celebrations.
At this point, the police decided to rush all of the legal protesters through side streets and back alleys to a safe point, all the time during this rush illegal protesters waited at corners and threw bottles on the fleeing legal, Swedish citizen, quiet protesters.
Everything ended at 13:45, hidden in a back street. Less than 45 minutes.
In the duration of all these events, policemen on horses were 100% passive, not taking any part of defending and protecting the elderly, legal, Swedish citizen, attacked protesters. I will not tell the police how to do their job. But I will tell them how NOT to do their job, and it is exactly how they behaved on January 25th, 13:00.

Firstly, the police force was way too small. Second, the illegal counter demonstration was not moved away to a safe distance (if not removed from ground). Third, the police was reactive – waited for physical attacks before acting. Forth, horsed policemen did not take part until it was too late (and maybe not even then – I was not there to see). Fifth, police caved to pressure by illegal protesters doing illegal action, and gave the mob what they were trying to achieve. This should never happen in a democratic country. Sixth, legal manifestation ended whereas illegal one went on. Whoever made these decisions has made incorrect ones.

Personally, I felt betrayed by the Swedish authorities. I felt ashamed calling Sweden a democratic country where the legal is banned and the illegal is cheered. I feel scared of the mob, now that I feel that the police caves to its will. I am afraid of the police, because I find it hard to trust them again, I know I will be sacrificed in order to let the mob wave go over their head.
I think this is not just me. Not only the personal self, but all the people who were at the manifestation, and all those who will know the full story and get this information.

From now on I do not refer to this country I currently live in as Sweden, but FODKOS – FOrmer Democratic Kingdom Of Sweden.

Tags: Democracy, FODKOS, Manifestation, Non Democratic, Sweden