by LukeAmerica2020
During a light rain, thousands of Icelanders demonstrated in Reykjavik on Saturday (2008-11-22) demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Geir Haarde and Central Bank Governor David Oddsson for failing to stop a financial meltdown in the country. It was the latest in an escalating series of protests in the capital over the island nation’s crippled economy.
A separate group of several hundred people gathered in front of the city’s main police station demanding the release of a young protester being held there. Police in riot gear used pepper spray to drive back the attempt to free the protester during which several windows at the police station were shattered. Five were injured. The protester was eventually released after he paid a fine for rioting. (read this entire post…)
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