Catalonia Today is edited by Marcela Tupor who is President Puigdemont´s wife. Of course it is a propaganda sheet in which everything is orientated to defend the seditious efforts to promote independence. In the last issue of the publication Ms. Tupor de Puigdemont picks up the party-line theme of police brutality on Oct. 1 when the independence forces staged an unconstitutional referendum on the issue. In her article, Ms. Puigdemont makes reference to what her political allies call bloody Sunday. Like so very much of their propaganda effort the claim of police brutality is most greatly exaggerated. By no means do I deny that the police and civil guard forces did on occasion react too strongly. Nobody denies that fact, and the courts are investigating the instances brought to their attention. But, Ms. Puigdemont´s article is a cynical and political effort to provoke feelings of being victimized where none are called for.
The Catalonian nationalists claim that some 900 persons were injured and required medical attention due to police over-action on election day. Again and again the drums of outrage sound in the partisan press and regional television. Even abroad the issue of police brutality is accepted. Let´s review the facts.
If 900 people were treated for wounds or injuries, where are the police reports? Upon arrival at hospital in Spain, a police report is made immediately is foul play is suspected. Also, where are the medical reports and records? Nobody is treated without medical documentation for emergency services. The fact is that these claims and Ms. Puigdemont´s article in the magazine she edits are absolute lies. We now know that many of the photos purporting to evidence cases of police brutality on Oct. 1 were falsified pictures of other incidences such as the Catalonian police evicting squatters some time ago. In truth the independence people leaked pictures they had previously prepared to support their cause. Now, Mr. Puigdemont has named a committee to look into police violation of human rights on Oct. 1.
Like what I give you above, far too much of the reporting given by the Generalitat is propaganda. It has been cynically filtered through photo shop to promote the cause. Ms. Puigdemont´s article in Catalonia Today (on-line) is more of the same trash. Why don´t they talk about the 43 Spanish policemen who were treated for wounds inflicted on them by the activists? We know now that some three or four persons were treated at hospital One suffering lady complained that her left hand was badly injured by a policeman. But it was the right hand that was bandaged up! The Generalitat is discredited for its false claims ands statement. They denied that companies would flee the region due to independence activity. Well, Ms.Puigdemont, as of Oct. 15, some 540 companies, including all the major banks, have left for Valencia, Madrid, or Palma. Please, Ms. Puigdemont, don´t tell anybody. It would hurt the cause. Earlier this week over one million persons took to the streets in Barcelona with the Spanish flag in their hands.
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