The title suggests the police were dispatched to block or disrupt the protest or protesters or something like that.
It was not the case. The police were there to protect.
Of course, it was a different story decades ago, during the military dictatorship in the 70s and 80s. But nowadays, protests in Korea are protected by cops.
Korea is like a paradise for protests. There are some kind of protests going on all the time.
And cops are dispatched to those protests... NOT to disrupt/block/arrest protesters, but to protect them and to make sure no one attacks the protesters and the protest is held peacefully.
If you have ever seen images of any big street protests in Korea, you can see cops standing lining up the streets around the protest, facing not the protesters, but the opposite side, to make sure no one disrupt or attack the protesters.
Pepper-Tea on May 17th, 2021 at 22:23 UTC »
What were they protesting? Anyone know?
mrp3bbl3s on May 17th, 2021 at 22:35 UTC »
I'd imagine that was when their prime minister got caught doing some shady shit?
stenceebb on May 18th, 2021 at 00:03 UTC »
Here's a fact.
The title suggests the police were dispatched to block or disrupt the protest or protesters or something like that.
It was not the case. The police were there to protect.
Of course, it was a different story decades ago, during the military dictatorship in the 70s and 80s. But nowadays, protests in Korea are protected by cops.
Korea is like a paradise for protests. There are some kind of protests going on all the time.
And cops are dispatched to those protests... NOT to disrupt/block/arrest protesters, but to protect them and to make sure no one attacks the protesters and the protest is held peacefully.
If you have ever seen images of any big street protests in Korea, you can see cops standing lining up the streets around the protest, facing not the protesters, but the opposite side, to make sure no one disrupt or attack the protesters.