How the violence started yesterday

How the violence started yesterday according to a video posted by the Tol3et Re7etkom (You Stink) group on their Facebook page.


The caption reads: “The liberation of Downtown from the oppressive metallic barriers… Public places belong to the Lebanese people and not to the corrupt and those who forcefully extended their illegal authority (parliament’s term)”


تحرير وسط المدينة من الحواجز الحديدية القمعية... الساحات العامة هي للشعب اللبناني وليس للفاسدين والممددين غصباً , السلطة الغير شرعية #مستمرون#طلعت_ريحتكم
Posted by ‎طلعت ريحتكم‎ on Thursday, October 8, 2015

Furthermore, here’s the Facebook post calling for yesterday’s demonstration. It’s self-explanatory: protesters versus security forces.


The removal of garbage was only one item on a very long list of demands, as shown in this video posted on Al-Jadeed’s Youtube channel.



Clearly the removal of garbage was not a priority. Clearly clashes with security forces were intended.

Since, this whole hoohah has taken precedent in the news and on social media, and no one even mentioned the urgent need to remove garbage, now that rain has started.

Was this the objective of the protest’s organizers? Let’s hope not. Let’s hope it was a passing mistake not to be repeated again.