A committee headed by former
Amsterdam Mayor Job Cohen has investigated the chaos of violence and
destruction in the village of Haren in September 2012. A girl had posted on
Facebook an official invitation to her 16th birthday party. Hundreds
of youths from all over the country came to the village. Most came out of
curiosity and there was no indication that people had come to riot. The report
claims that the authorities had greatly underestimated the problems which would
result. The organization of the police was poor – units had no communication
with each other. There were many leaders, but little leadership. Policemen felt
left alone by their authorities. There was a prohibition on alcoholic beverages
that evening, but police didn’t respond against drinking youths.
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