T-Room Editor’s Note: Michael Yon is an independent American journalist who is reporting from The Netherlands. We will be linking to his work as the Farmer’s blockade unfolds.
by Michael Yon at Michael Yon
Yesterday, I went to the police station where they held the 16 year-old farm boy. The farm boy police shot at while he was driving the tractor. I saw a long video last night. Totally wrongful shooting. Police did miss the boy but hit the doorframe of his tractor. The boy represented no threat.
And so yesterday farmers besieged the police station demanding release. A journalist there told me police told the farmers if they disperse they would release the prisoner. The farmers dispersed and hours later police released the boy they almost shot.
We found numerous dispersed groups of farmers. Apparently, there were groups lighting bonfires around the Netherlands. We found two bonfires.
Most of the farmers were teenagers or young twenties. It literally reminded me of our high school parties in Florida with 4x4s, only this time Dutch boys and girls came in tractors. They had beer but were peaceful — though did break out the fireworks.
The young farmers were extremely happy that ‘foreign press’ came…
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