The Greek police have released footage they say was taken from a police helicopter during Saturday’s clashes between police and anti-establishment demonstrators in Exarcheia.
In the footage dozens of protesters can be seen on some rooftops and balconies. Some of the protesters are throwing objects down onto the streets below, presumably at police.
“They were jumping from rooftop to rooftop, attacking from there with whatever unbelievable items one can imagine. They had taken strategic parts of the square and other possible approaches by police forces. In one instance a professional fridge fell on to the street from the 2nd floor of an apartment building,” one high ranking officer who had a leading role coordinating the police response told TheTOC.
“The footage which reached the command center from the police helicopter on the roofs of the buildings, with hundreds of young people jumping from building to building and throwing different objects are reminiscent of past battles in war zones around the world,” one other high ranking police officer said, adding that there was no way of intervening in the building as there was a serious danger of injuries and people falling off the buildings.
Media reports cause mockery
However media reports of the police’s descriptions of the new aerial threat went perhaps a little too far yesterday when several outlets (namely ANT1) ran reports claiming how protesters were using ‘parkour’ on the rooftops to combat police.
That led to widespread ridicule in the Greek Twittersphere under the hashtag #iptamenoi_anarxikoi (flying_anarchists):
What if #iptamenoi_anarxikoi pic.twitter.com/NWU3tWdBCB
— Shoegazer (@Owned8) December 8, 2014 death from above #iptamenoi_anarxikoi pic.twitter.com/OHYDgzmCpj
— Shoegazer (@Owned8) December 8, 2014 It's A Bird... It's A Plane... It's an Anarchist #iptamenoi_anarxikoi pic.twitter.com/aaAh5wC4bF
— Τρολ-λέει (@Trol_leei) December 7, 2014 "Parkunin" wins the internet, "flying anarchists" meme orbital yday RT @Trol_leei #ant1_xeftiles #iptamenoi_anarxikoi pic.twitter.com/Lq7zR2mZF4
— Asteris Masouras 正义 (@asteris) December 8, 2014
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