This post is part of our special coverage Europe in Crisis [1].
Just a few days after the brutal police crackdown at the Luis Vives Institute of Secondary Education in Valencia [2], students have again been the target of beatings, pushing and violence from the police at a pacific protest in which they were, precisely, demonstrating against police violence. This time, the crackdown started on the afternoon [3] with unexpected force.
The chief of Valencia Police himself has referred to the protesters as “the enemy [4]“, even though they are youngsters from 12 to 17 years, all secondary school students.
Reactions from #15M social movements were quick to denounce the crackdowns against minors [5] and ask for an investigation and for the political and police leaders to immediately stop [6] the repression of minors and the participants of the pacific gatherings.