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Of course there are injured people, including policemen. If you start a revolt, you can expect problems. What do you expect, peaceful anarchy? Police is acting
by faragon 9y ago
Of course there are injured people, including policemen. If you start a revolt, you can expect problems. What do you expect, peaceful anarchy? Police is acting after a Court order, ensuring the rule of law.
- johnchristopher 9y agoWhat does Spain gain from using violence ? Can't they just ignore the results on the basis it's illegal ?
- faragon 9y ago"Spain"? The police is acting after a Court order from Barcelona (main city of the Catalan region), not from the central Spanish Government. Edit: I can not reply to more comments, as it seems I have a limit of 5 comments per day. "Thanks", Hacker News. To the reply to this comment, I would reply that Courts have to apply the Law. I.e. it is not "optional", so if a Court sends the police to stop an illegal action, it is not arbitrary, but a duty. In Spain Courts and Goverments are separated, i.e. the Court is not acting because of central Government orders.
- johnchristopher 9y agoThanks for the clarification. But what does Barcelona gain then ? Can't they just ignore the results on the basis it's illegal ?
- kiliancs 9y agoThe fact that the court order comes from Barcelona is irrelevant as that court and judge: 1. Are hierarchically under the Spanish judiciary 2. They are ordering these actions (not including violence BTW) based on the automatic suspension of the referendum (there's no ruling) from a tribunal in Madrid