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90-percent

(6,828 posts)
Tue Feb 21, 2017, 12:12 PM Feb 2017

Breitbart headline this morning about last night's migrant riots

Sweden: Looting, Cars Torched, Police Attacked as Riots Break out in Migrant Suburb


Has this "news" been confirmed by reputable sources yet? I didn't bother to google, because it's my guess this is world class fake news. Will be fun to see if the Orange Interloper refers to it soon.

-90% Jimmy

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Breitbart headline this morning about last night's migrant riots (Original Post) 90-percent Feb 2017 OP
IIRC, the only violence in Sweden involving immigrants... Wounded Bear Feb 2017 #1
Chicago Tribune - 'Riots erupt in Sweden's capital after arrest' Baclava Feb 2017 #2
This message was self-deleted by its author Iggo Feb 2017 #3
Google search shows all the RW propaganda outlets, Progressive dog Feb 2017 #4
White People Rioting for No Reason klook Feb 2017 #5
Seriously, is there a difference between a riot and a Terrorist attack? rgbecker Feb 2017 #6

Wounded Bear

(58,605 posts)
1. IIRC, the only violence in Sweden involving immigrants...
Tue Feb 21, 2017, 12:14 PM
Feb 2017

has been done by a bunch of RW neo-Nazi skinhead types attacking Muslims.

 

Baclava

(12,047 posts)
2. Chicago Tribune - 'Riots erupt in Sweden's capital after arrest'
Tue Feb 21, 2017, 12:20 PM
Feb 2017

Just two days after President Donald Trump provoked widespread consternation by seeming to imply, incorrectly, that immigrants had perpetrated a recent spate of violence in Sweden, riots broke out in a predominantly immigrant neighborhood in the northern suburbs of Sweden's capital, Stockholm.

The neighborhood, Rinkeby, has seen riots in 2010 and 2013, too. And in most ways, what happened late Monday night was reminiscent of those earlier bouts of anger. Swedish police apparently made a drug-related arrest around 8 p.m. near the Rinkeby metro station. For reasons not yet undisclosed by the police, word of the arrest prompted a crowd of youths to gather.

Over four hours, the crowd burned about half a dozen cars, vandalized several shopfronts, and threw rocks at police. Police spokesman Lars Bystrom confirmed to Sweden's Dagens Nyheter newspaper that an officer had fired shots with intention to hit a rioter, but did not strike his target.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-sweden-riot-rinkeby-20170221-story.html

Response to 90-percent (Original post)

rgbecker

(4,820 posts)
6. Seriously, is there a difference between a riot and a Terrorist attack?
Tue Feb 21, 2017, 12:39 PM
Feb 2017

I think so, but who am I to say?

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