• Light/Dark
  • Ever wanted an RSS feed of all your favorite gaming news sites? Go check out our new Gaming Headlines feed! Read more about it here.
  • We have made minor adjustments to how the search bar works on ResetEra. You can read about the changes here.

Barcelona sees sixth night of protests for jailed rapper

entremet

entremet

You wouldn't toast a NES cartridge
Member
Oct 26, 2017
60,320
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Protests in support of a jailed rapper turned violent for a sixth consecutive night in Barcelona on Sunday with clashes between police and groups of mostly angry youths in the center of the Spanish city.

Like previous days, Sunday began with a peaceful protest in Barcelona, where graffiti artists painted a mural critical of Spain's King Felipe VI and his father, former king Juan Carlos I, to show what they called solidarity with rapper Pablo Hasél.
Click to expand...
Click to shrink...

But as night fell, the tension increased as protesters mostly dressed in dark clothes marched through the city center to the National Police headquarters.

After half an hour of being pelted by rocks, bottles, trash and firecrackers, Catalan police moved in supported by vans to clear the street in from the station. Shops of Barcelona's city center were again targeted by vandals who broke windows.

More than 100 people, including seven on Sunday, have been arrested from violent clashes with police since Hasél was arrested on Tuesday to serve a ninth-month prison sentence for his tweets and lyrics that insulted the Spanish monarch and praised terrorism violence.
Click to expand...
Click to shrink...

apnews.com

Barcelona sees sixth night of protests for jailed rapper

Protests in support of a jailed rapper have turned violent in Barcelona for a sixth consecutive night.
apnews.com apnews.com
 
DaciaJC

DaciaJC

Banned
Oct 29, 2017
6,685
More than 100 people, including seven on Sunday, have been arrested from violent clashes with police since Hasél was arrested on Tuesday to serve a ninth-month prison sentence for his tweets and lyrics that insulted the Spanish monarch and praised terrorism violence.
Click to expand...
Click to shrink...

Can someone provide more context to that last bit? Article doesn't provide any more details.
 
OP
OP
entremet

entremet

You wouldn't toast a NES cartridge
Member
Oct 26, 2017
60,320
You must log in or register to reply here.