In German news they say its more like 400 arrested, and there was the little fact that police presence was higher than normal. More police equal more arrestings.
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That checks out. I live near a college town where for 2-3 years there was a rash of "college riots" where police tear-gassed everyone in the streets when they felt it was getting out of hand. The solution to keeping the students from rioting ended up being... stop sending cops out there. Everything was fine.
Doesn't sound like a country that learned from its mistakes
As long as there are humans, there will get fascists. It's one of life's constants.
Fascism is an extremely recent phenomena, that only came about in the particular context of industrial, capitalist nation states facing crisis. Something that has only existed for a century or two out of human history can hardly be called a constant.
I never said it was a thing throughout all human history.
Last year was a lot worse. The police direktor said they were prepared a lot better this year and injuries amongst police and fire department were minor. People buy illegal fireworks in Poland like firework shells and light them on the streets without the mortar tubes. Looks pretty apocalyptic.