A protester at Rinia Park, where strong clashes between police and protesters had taken place shortly before, reacted harshly to the violence used by the men in blue uniforms. In a statement to Daniel Muçaku, a journalist for “Koha Jonë”, the citizen described the situation as worrying, accusing the police of using violence against protesters.
“We have fallen into a criminal state. It is not police, it is criminal”, the protester said, adding that he had spoken with the officers and asked them to be careful with citizens.
Asked about the violence used against protesters a little earlier, he said that, in his view, this is behavior that keeps repeating. “That’s how these people do it, they always do it, with violence. It will come back to them. It will come back to them, something will happen. Something is going to happen”, the citizen declared.
His statement comes at a moment of tension at Rinia Park, where protesters and police have been facing each other.