The different faces of the corona protests

In the Terrorist Threat Assessment Netherlands (DTN) 53 wrote the NCTV about the ongoing and sometimes intimidating manifestations of social discontent since the COVID-19 outbreak.

Concerns about the corona protests within society and public administration have only increased due to recent disturbances, such as the riots after the introduction of curfew on 23 January 2021. It is important not to resort to generalizations, but just to describe the different faces of the corona protests. Rioting youths and hooligans are not the same people as peaceful protesters with, for example, grievances about the government. Within the divergent corona protests since the COVID-19 outbreak in February 2020 different backgrounds and motivations can be discerned.