In Athens, Greece, there has been rioting over, among other things, the death of a 15 year old boy. The boy was shot by police while attempting to throw a fuel filled bomb at the lawmen during a riot.
The policemen who fired the fatal shot is being charged with manslaughter with intent. Though I understand the young man is now dead, can we in good faith overlook that he was trying to throw a bomb at a police officer? Apparently so as violence erupted at the boy's funeral when some angry attendees again clashed with police.
There are tons of other issues going on behind these riots of course. However, protesting and rioting are two separate things entirely. In this case, a young man lost his life in riot, not in protest.
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