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NEW: From Dec. 5-9, fiery protests took hold in several cities in Greece as communities across the country responded to police shooting another Roma youth on the eve of the anniversary of the Dec. 6, 2008 police killing of Alexis Grigoropoulos. [Videos] unicornriot.ninja/2022/tensions-…
Sixteen-year-old Kostas Fragoulis was shot in the back of the head by Greek police in Thessaloniki, Greece on Dec. 5. Fragoulis was pronounced dead eight days later on Dec. 13. ↕️
Full story: unicornriot.ninja/2022/tensions-…
Full story: unicornriot.ninja/2022/tensions-…
Unlike the United States where nearly 1,000 people are #KilledByPolice each year, police killings in Greece are a rare occurrence. The most notable was on Dec. 6, 2008 when police killed Alexis Grigoropoulos, 15, in Athens leading to a massive uprising that lasted for weeks. ↕️
Three years ago on December 6 [2018] we reported from #Athens as heavy clashes occurred between many thousands of police & anti-authoritarians took place on the 10-year anniversary of 15y/o #AlexisGrigoropoulos being killed by Greek police in #Exarcheia: unicornriot.ninja/2018/major-cla…
On December 6, 2008, Alexis Grigoropoulos was with his friends when Epaminondas Korkoneas, a special guard member of the Greek police, fatally shot Alexis. Intense riots ensued for weeks. In his 1st trial, Korkoneas was found guilty of culpable homicide & given a life sentence.
Korkoneas, the ex-special police guard of the Greek police who shot #AlexisGrigoropoulos, had his life sentence overturned in July 2019. An appeals court found him guilty for the murder but reduced his sentence to 13 years. He was released that same day. unicornriot.ninja/2019/life-sent…
On this day two years ago, December 6, 2018, we reported from Athens, Greece as heavy clashes occurred between thousands of police and black-clad protesters took place on the 10-year anniversary of 15-year-old Alexis Grigoropoulos being killed by Greek police in #Exarcheia.
The 2008 police killing of Alexis Grigoropoulos sparked a massive insurrectionary revolt in #Athens with weeks of riots that were the largest in Europe since 1968.
Every December 6, Alexis has been commemorated with a revolting spirit. [Article from 2018]
unicornriot.ninja/2018/athens-pr…
Every December 6, Alexis has been commemorated with a revolting spirit. [Article from 2018]
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Epamidondas Korkoneas, the ex-special police guard of the Greek police who killed 15 y/o #AlexisGrigoropoulos had his life sentence overturned in July 2019.
Korkoneas was released from prison shortly after. #6dGR unicornriot.ninja/2019/life-sent…
Korkoneas was released from prison shortly after. #6dGR unicornriot.ninja/2019/life-sent…
