Liberals, meet reality:
Riots erupt in Sweden’s capital just days after Trump comments https://t.co/FsrUfXLvHb
— Post World (@PostWorldNews) February 21, 2017
From the Washington Post:
Just two days after President Trump provoked widespread consternation by seeming to imply, incorrectly, that immigrants had perpetrated a recent spate of violence in Sweden, riots broke out in a predominantly immigrant neighborhood in the northern suburbs of Sweden’s capital, Stockholm.
The neighborhood, Rinkeby, has seen riots in 2010 and 2013, too. And in most ways, what happened late Monday night was reminiscent of those earlier bouts of anger. Swedish police apparently made an arrest around 8 p.m. near the Rinkeby station. For reasons not yet undisclosed by the police, word of the arrest prompted a crowd of youths to gather.
Over four hours, the crowd burned about half a dozen cars, vandalized several shopfronts and threw rocks at police. Police spokesman Lars Bystrom confirmed to Sweden’s Dagens Nyheter newspaper that an officer had fired shots with intention to hit a rioter, but did not strike his target. A photographer for the newspaper was attacked by more than a dozen men and his camera was stolen, but no one was ultimately hurt or even arrested.
Say it with us: “Trump. Was. Right. Again.”
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https://twitter.com/KTHopkins/status/834026352764391427
Rioters set cars on fire, loot shops in #Rinkeby, Stockholm https://t.co/Hjp6Hi9rQg pic.twitter.com/zUrdSCHoG3
— RT (@RT_com) February 21, 2017
"Krossade fönsterrutor och brända bilar." @sofiageite rapporterade direkt från Rinkeby efter upploppen. https://t.co/GjrcPhGTVD pic.twitter.com/LuPoTBqVhK
— TV4Nyheterna (@Nyheterna) February 21, 2017
https://twitter.com/KeithWalkerNews/status/833924321001222144
Polis sköt för att träffa i Rinkeby. Tidigare uppgifter om att tjänstevapen avlossat för att varna stämmer inte https://t.co/nOwTvVKTVn
— Peter Wolodarski (@pwolodarski) February 21, 2017
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— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) February 21, 2017
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