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Valdrick_158 karma

I am a Catalan and I agree with that too. Riot police in Catalonia and Spain have always been very violent. This is known. The issue is, if you are sending thousands of Riot policemen, you know what is going to happen. And this time it is not against people rallying and complaining, it is against people voting. So our biggest complaint is about the fact that the Spanish government sent thousands of riot police, not that the "Spanish police" is evil as a whole.

Valdrick_98 karma

One of the things that surprises me the most is how biased big part of the Spanish media is. I did read things like "Unacceptable aggressions from the catalans to the national police", "Separatists spread out fake pictures about injured in the media", "Catalan police colluding with separatists", etc. instead of what the rest of the media in the world showed. If Spanish people only feeds from these media, I can understand that you think that Catalans pro-Independence are radicals and uneducated people that will jump to your throat if your name is "Garcia". But believe me, this is a very civic and peaceful movement. Unfortunately, nowadays, everybody with a political opinion will get insulted, threatened or worse in the social media by a minority of assholes that feel safe hiding behind their computer, no matter what side of the political spectrum they are.

So, my point, don't be surprised about "moderation", most of us Catalans are.

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Valdrick_6 karma

I disagree. I know a lot of policemen and they are excellent professionals whose work I am grateful for. It is the Riot police that is a problem. I am not sure how are they trained, but they are very violent, even against defenseless people. As the OP pointed out, the BRIMO (Catalan riot police) has not been an exception in the last years.

Valdrick_4 karma

Spanish nationalism plays a role here too.