You know, it really hasn’t been that long since Twitchy reported on rioting in Sweden — it was February 2017 to be exact, and President Trump had just “provoked widespread consternation by seeming to imply, incorrectly, that immigrants had perpetrated a recent spate of violence in Sweden.” Remember this hot take?
Riots erupt in Stockholm after Trump suggests immigrants are to blame for an increase in crime across Sweden https://t.co/OXM2jRSWIM pic.twitter.com/WohhzVwqPc
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) February 22, 2017
More learned types, like Vox’s Matthew Yglesias, blamed the violence on a lack of affordable housing for refugees, who were then concentrated in small areas without jobs.
So the question now is, what’s going on in Sweden tonight? Peter Imanuelsen is a freelance journalist there:
MASSIVE UNREST ALL OVER SWEDEN TONIGHT
60 cars have been set on fire in Gothenburg, rocks thrown at police in Trollhättan
Reported places of unrest:
– Frölunda
– Hjälbo
– Eriksberg
– Malmö
– Trollhättan
– Falkenberg
– HelsingborgSweden is resembling a warzone – Please SHARE! pic.twitter.com/e3FgF6rEpN
— PeterSweden (@PeterSweden7) August 13, 2018
The Swedish police commenting the riots tonight says that they don't think they have seen anything like this before with so many cars being set on fire in the same night in so many different areas at the same time.
— PeterSweden (@PeterSweden7) August 14, 2018
Luckily no-one has been injured in the riots in Sweden tonight.
Also 0 people have been arrested so far. They youths were wearing hoodies and hats so that they haven't been able to identify them.
— PeterSweden (@PeterSweden7) August 14, 2018
And they haven’t been able to walk up to them and arrest them in action?
Are the police standing down and taking notes?— Ter Ber (@TerBer12) August 14, 2018
They were being attacked with rocks and had barricaded the streets.
No, the police couldn't arrest the rioters in action https://t.co/7XycvBmd4m
— PeterSweden (@PeterSweden7) August 14, 2018
To summarize what has happened in Sweden tonight.
– Unrest in 8 different areas / cities
– Some 90 cars destroyed / damaged with fire
– Around 60 youths involved in total
– Police and fire services attacked with rocks
– Streets barricaded by the youths
– Possibly co-ordinated— PeterSweden (@PeterSweden7) August 13, 2018
The police in West Sweden has declared the car torchings and riots an "extraordinary incident".
— Mattias Albinsson (@mattiasreporter) August 13, 2018
Here’s Google’s translation of a report in the Aftenposten:
About 60 cars have either been bullied or exposed to vandalism in Gothenburg and elsewhere in southern Sweden on Monday evening. The fires should have been started by black-dressed youths.
“It’s closer to 60’s of cars that have burned or been vandalized in several places, and we have found more stones and chinaput,” police inspector Claes Dahlström told SVT.
Riots in #Sweden. 6 or 7 black dressed masked youths , Around 60 cars have been put on fire several places in #Gothenburg on Monday night. Vehicle fires are also reported in Helsingborg, Trollhättan and Malmö. #EU #Trump pic.twitter.com/JxuBfuoxxe
— Alexander Hansen (@AlexanderXV) August 13, 2018
#frölunda #göteborg pic.twitter.com/X8OhlIhPXa
— Astor (@Astor99) August 13, 2018
— Johan Jansson (@JJohanJJansson) August 13, 2018
#göteborg #frölunda pic.twitter.com/wQLmG5RNQz
— Astor (@Astor99) August 14, 2018
Riots in Sweden. Car fires. Gothenburg. I used to live right there. Not a bad area. https://t.co/oLAHfptcrC
— peterrost (@peterrost) August 13, 2018
Meanwhile in Gothenburg, Sweden.#sweden #riots #breaking #Gothenburg #BreakingNews #news @TomHall pic.twitter.com/pF0jawxETM
— Buitengebieden (@buitengebieden) August 13, 2018
West Sweden hardest hit by car torchings and riots. In Trollhättan 30-40 youths have built barricades and attacked the police with rocks. Six cars torched. pic.twitter.com/kV94EG44b8
— Mattias Albinsson (@mattiasreporter) August 13, 2018
Last time Kronogården in Trollhättan was plagued by riots it was Somalis vs Arabs. The police spokesman had no problem confirming their ethnicity when I spoke to him.
— Mattias Albinsson (@mattiasreporter) August 14, 2018
Wonder which youth are behind the car fires this time around?
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Update:
This guy was reacting to a post on the riots at zerohedge.com, but we suppose we deserve a good talking-to as well:
https://twitter.com/CinciYoshi/status/1029189753126699008
Are there any openings at Vox?
Related:
Media note that violence in Sweden happened days after Trump's comments; so what caused these riots? https://t.co/AqzOF2cXsa
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) February 22, 2017
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