{"id":255761,"date":"2022-07-07T07:12:26","date_gmt":"2022-07-07T07:12:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=255761"},"modified":"2022-07-08T07:35:59","modified_gmt":"2022-07-08T07:35:59","slug":"dutch-police-fire-targeted-shots-at-protesting-farmers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=255761","title":{"rendered":"Dutch police fire \u2018targeted shots\u2019 at protesting farmers"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>RT.com \u2013 July 6, 2022<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>Police in the Netherlands fired their service weapons at farmers protesting new environmental reforms, with video footage showing officers shooting at a tractor as it attempted to evade law enforcement.<\/p>\n<p>The incident unfolded late Tuesday near a highway entrance ramp in the northern town of Heerenveen, where local police <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/POL_Fryslan\/status\/1544434501648105480\">claimed<\/a>\u00a0<em>\u201ctractor drivers attempted to drive into officers and service vehicles\u201d<\/em> following a stop.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cA threatening situation arose. Warning shots were fired and targeted shots were fired,\u201d<\/em> they said, adding that the tractor was hit and that three suspects were later stopped and arrested. Nobody was injured in the encounter.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Dutch police shoot at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/farmer?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#farmer<\/a> and his tractor \ud83d\ude9c.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Netherlands?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Netherlands<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FarmersProtest?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FarmersProtest<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FarmerProtest?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FarmerProtest<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0qR6EjO0L6\">pic.twitter.com\/0qR6EjO0L6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Markus Haintz (@MarkusHaintzUSA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MarkusHaintzUSA\/status\/1544457555677790211?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 5, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>However, footage of the shooting has since emerged on social media, and does not appear to show any attempted ramming. Instead, the clip depicts two vehicles driving off from the scene, neither coming close to hitting any pedestrian, with officers opening fire on the second as it sped away.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"nl\" dir=\"ltr\">Om 22.35 heeft de ME op een trekker geschoten van een boer in Heerenveen 1\/n <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ogTokzBmDR\">pic.twitter.com\/ogTokzBmDR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Dani\u00ebl Osseweijer (@ossewed) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ossewed\/status\/1544427855374868480?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 5, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Another video apparently filmed around the same time shows an officer with a pistol in hand as he issues commands to a tractor driver parked near the highway ramp, all the while aiming the weapon at the vehicle.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"und\" dir=\"ltr\">3. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5RQBfiCd07\">pic.twitter.com\/5RQBfiCd07<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; TeeJay (@TeeJay0063) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TeeJay0063\/status\/1544436315399147520?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 5, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Gideon van Meijeren, an MP with the conservative Forum for Democracy party, later <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GideonvMeijeren\/status\/1544449558784114688\">commented<\/a> on the footage in response to a police statement, saying it did not show anyone in <em>\u201cimminent danger,\u201d<\/em> while adding the tags <em>\u201cpolice violence\u201d<\/em> and <em>\u201cfarmer\u2019s revolt.\u201d<\/em> He urged the authorities to account for the apparent discrepancy <em>\u201cas soon as possible,\u201d<\/em> also noting that he had requested an emergency debate in parliament.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"und\" dir=\"ltr\">5\/n <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LB52uyuT6d\">pic.twitter.com\/LB52uyuT6d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Dani\u00ebl Osseweijer (@ossewed) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ossewed\/status\/1544429043331776517?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 5, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Because an officer fired their service weapon while on duty, the National Criminal Investigation Department will launch a probe into the incident to determine exactly what happened, local police added.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Dutch?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Dutch<\/a> police keeps pulling guns.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/boereninopstand?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#boereninopstand<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/politiegeweld?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#politiegeweld<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vQZsiG69wV\">pic.twitter.com\/vQZsiG69wV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Frank Hoogerbeets \ud83d\ude9c (@hobeets) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hobeets\/status\/1544441400934162432?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 5, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The run-in came during a wave of unrest among Dutch farmers, who have vocally opposed a government initiative to slash pollution emissions, including nitrogen oxide and ammonia, by 50% over the next eight years.<\/p>\n<p>The reforms are likely to hit the agricultural industry hard, because fertilizers contain a large amount of nitrogen oxide, and livestock produce ammonia in their urine and feces. Farmers may be forced\u00a0to reduce the number of livestock or cease operations altogether. Many fear the reforms will simply put them out of business, driving intense demonstrations in recent weeks, including farmer-led blockades at major transportation hubs.<\/p>\n<p>Late last month, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said that farmers have the right to protest, but warned that the government would not allow them to <em>\u201ccreate dangerous situations\u201d<\/em> or <em>\u201cintimidate officials,\u201d<\/em> language echoed by police in Heerenveen after Tuesday\u2019s shooting.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/news\/558450-police-fire-dutch-farmers\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Although no one was injured the fact that Dutch police are now using live ammunition is an indication of just how seriously the government views the protests<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39262,"featured_media":255713,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[58],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-255761","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-Current_Affairs"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/255761","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/39262"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=255761"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/255761\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":255764,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/255761\/revisions\/255764"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/255713"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=255761"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=255761"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=255761"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}