# Riots after introduction of sleeping ban

Many people came to the Dam Square on the evening when the sleeping ban for hippies on and around the National Monument took effect. When the police try to send the Damslapers away at night, it ends in riots. The police then carry out charges, injuring many youths and some officers. Embattled police fired shots, injuring a press photographer. The fire brigade put out some fires and water cannons were used to disperse the youngsters. Shop windows have been smashed and shop windows looted.

- Kind: Film
- By: Polygoon-Profilti (producent)
- Archive: [Europeana](https://www.europeana.eu/item/2051906/data_euscreenXL_https___www_openbeelden_nl_media_656041)
- Licence or status: [CC BY-SA 4.0](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) (as the archive states it)
- Credit: Netherlands Institute for Sound & Vision
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

[Watch now](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/watch/archive/europeana/2051906~data_euscreenXL_https___www_openbeelden_nl_media_656041?play=1)