BarcelonaControversy during the Granollers Festival. Among the activities organized by the local authorities this year, one that has raised some eyebrows is the workshop on applied techniques for urban guerrilla warfare, included in the official program of the party, in which they simulated making a Molotov cocktail and learned how to throw them at the police or how to create a barricade with containers, among other things. The organizers expressed regret for their “interpretation” and pointed out that “it was in no way intended to offend the security forces or encourage violence.” The city council, on the other hand, rejected the content of the workshop and expressed its support for the security forces.
“To defend the party, sharpen your aim and throw the cocktail at the target. Let your anger burn!” That’s how the Blue Cops, a group from the Blue Gang, presented their workshop on practical techniques for urban guerrilla warfare at the Granweiler Festival. The pictures show how the attendees, some of them minors, threw Molotov cocktails incorrectly at a model wearing a police uniform, an activity that sparked controversy on social networks. “It was a fun event,” the organizers said.
Police unions such as SAP-Fepol have described the image and values that are transmitted to young people with this type of evidence at a big party as “deplorable”. “Then we complain…” the union asserts. In contrast, the city council, headed by socialist Alba Barnocel, issued a statement in which it affirmed that it “did not know the content” of the act and claimed to defend the values of peace and coexistence.
The SUP announced that it was considering legal action against this “barbarism”, because “it cannot go unpunished”. They pointed out in a statement that “the idea they have in Granollers about popular festivals: to teach children how to throw Molotov cocktails. There are many democratic values that must be taught and this is neither a value nor a democracy”. The trade union section of the CCOO als Mossos also condemned this event, which it considered “neither fun nor festive”, but “extremely dangerous”, so it asked the new team of the State Ministry of the Interior to take measures.
Likewise, the Civil Guard association Josel denounced the growing “hatred” of the state forces and security forces in Catalonia, “which increasingly resemble the Basque Country”. He stressed that “it is a real shame that there are children in such events. Unfortunately, one of them could end up becoming a real member of the CDR in the future”.
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