by A.P.
This year’s Independence March turned violent as an illegal pedestrian gathering took place next to the planned motorcade
The 2020 Independence March on the occasion of the 102nd anniversary of Poland regaining its independence on November 11, 1918, took place in Warsaw.
Due to pandemic restrictions and out of concern for the participants, the march’s organizers decided to change the event to be a procession of cars instead of the usual pedestrian gathering.
Despite the form of the official march being changed, hundreds of people took to the streets less than an hour before the vehicle procession began.
The Warsaw Police immediately urged the pedestrian participants to disperse, warning that such a gathering was illegal under current restrictions (social gatherings of only up to five people are permitted).