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NOS NL 1, Saturday, June 2nd

When you see this item you could think that the demonstrations in Rostock are overshadowed by rows. There is said that autonomous people were having a round-up against the police and that many police officers were wounded. "The police was attacked with bottles" the German police officer says. Two young demonstrators were interviewed but the only thing we get to see is when they say something about the violence, nothing about why they are actually there, nothing about why they are taking part in the protests. And also: they are only allowed to say a small thing about the so called rioters, nothing about what they thought of the police action. So with this item the emphasis is put on rioting people only. You could get the idea that demonstrators are people who use violence. The real important issues are being ignored. It is said at the end that "Nothing good can come out of these demonstrations".