The National Police respond to the complaints of the injured by the charges with a report in which they defend their actions

PalmaThe National Police is finalizing a report that it plans to submit to the court regarding the incidents recorded at the end of the demonstration against over-tourism held on July 26 in Palma. This was made known by the police force just a few days after the platform Menys Turisme, Més Vida i Alerta Solidària announced the details of the judicial offensive they are preparing against the officers who left about twenty demonstrators with injuries of varying degrees. The document, according to sources familiar with its content consulted by Europa Press, records the throwing of objects, alleged assaults on officers, and incidents with tourists, and argues that the police charges near Les Voltes and Antoni Maura avenue were a response to "the escalation of tension".

The conclusions are, for the moment, part of the police version of events and are based, according to the same sources, on various videos collected during the investigation. The Police maintain that the images allow the identification of a small group of people who allegedly resorted to violence at the end of the protest, throwing objects such as bottles, cans, and stones, in addition to alleged kicks and shoves to officers. It also assures that some demonstrators allegedly confronted tourists who were in the area.

The protest had proceeded normally

According to the police report, the demonstration proceeded with "total normality" for a large part of the route and the problems were concentrated upon arrival at Les Voltes.

According to the report, the officers warned the person responsible for the protest that the people participating in the march did not fit in the space planned for the reading of the manifesto. For this reason, always according to this version, they would have been offered to hold the event outdoors.

Given the organization's refusal to modify the planned location, the Police assure that it was agreed to establish three filters to allow the entry of demonstrators progressively. However, the sources consulted indicate that the promoter of the demonstration would have communicated via megaphone to the participants that the Police were preventing them from accessing Les Voltes. From this moment on, according to the National Police, the atmosphere began to tense and the first pushes against the agents occurred.

The National Police speaks of a "hostile mass"

The document describes that the police officers who were on the walkway connecting Antoni Maura Avenue with Les Voltes were "stuck" at that point, a narrow space delimited by the wall and the rocks of the lake. This situation, always according to the police version, made it necessary to request reinforcements. The report qualifies as "too hostile" the group that, according to the Police, would have surrounded the agents and pushed them in the direction of Antoni Maura Avenue. Despite everything, in the images it can be seen that what the State security forces call a 'crowd' does not exceed a hundred people, including journalists and photojournalists.

It is at this point that the police report places the most serious incidents. According to the same sources, the analyzed images show a small group of people with their faces covered who would have thrown bottles, cans, and stones at the agents. The Police also assure that some of the participants would have harassed tourists who were nearby. Faced with this situation, those responsible for the operation would have ordered the charges to disperse the demonstrators.

The report, which is still under development, will be sent to the court and aims to provide the police version of the incidents and justify the police charges against the demonstrators. The claims about alleged throwing, assaults, and other incidents will have to be assessed within the framework of the judicial investigation.