Erich Parpart
@erich_parpart
Now that I have time, let me tell you about the protest against absolute monarchy in #Thailand on Sunday. #ม็อบ14พฤศจิกา64 #ยกเลิก112 #ปล่อยเพื่อนเรา
https://twitter.com/erich_parpart/status/1460222768851472386
The protest site was moved to *Pathumwan Intersection because the police have blocked the roads to the monument. #ม็อบ14พฤศจิกา64 pic.twitter.com/zVzcSftEUF
— Erich Parpart (@erich_parpart) November 15, 2021
Tatchapong “Boy” Gaedum, anti-coup and Bangkloi activist @boyman555, was one of the main protest leaders on the day. #ม็อบ14พฤศจิกา64 pic.twitter.com/SdX664GEYe
— Erich Parpart (@erich_parpart) November 15, 2021
The protest at the intersection was peaceful. There was a small confrontation with officers who came to test the water but it was brief. #ม็อบ14พฤศจิกา64 pic.twitter.com/vM8AX9JU1v
— Erich Parpart (@erich_parpart) November 15, 2021
Since there was nothing going much on the outside, I came back to the main site when organizers started to burn the mock bodies that were hanging from the skywalk. #ม็อบ14พฤศจิกา64 pic.twitter.com/bzyDjO0uRK
— Erich Parpart (@erich_parpart) November 15, 2021
Everything was peaceful when the protesters walked through one of the largest shopping centers in the country. #ม็อบ14พฤศจิกา64 pic.twitter.com/nDROM9bbUR
— Erich Parpart (@erich_parpart) November 15, 2021
The main bulk of the protesters did not care about the police barricade. They pushed it down and walked through it while volunteer guards were trying to block protesters from the police. #ม็อบ14พฤศจิกา64 pic.twitter.com/sftDRh8YlZ
— Erich Parpart (@erich_parpart) November 15, 2021
Another confrontation happened soon after near one of the police hospital’s entrances where three protesters were shot at with rubber bullets and other projectiles at close range. The police did not accept the injured people into their hospital. #ม็อบ14พฤศจิกา64 pic.twitter.com/fcneYImE2A
— Erich Parpart (@erich_parpart) November 15, 2021
The police got smarter when protesters reached Silom as they decided not to block the protesters and let them continue on their way to Sathon.
— Erich Parpart (@erich_parpart) November 15, 2021
#ม็อบ14พฤศจิกา64 pic.twitter.com/HgE3eOD3HZ
Some protesters were provoking the riot police but again, the protesters were not walking to the monument so no need for the riot police to be there in the first place. #ม็อบ14พฤศจิกา64 pic.twitter.com/JH7ZXtoA5k
— Erich Parpart (@erich_parpart) November 15, 2021
A view of the rally from above. #ม็อบ14พฤศจิกา64 pic.twitter.com/ytaHxNMVH8
— Erich Parpart (@erich_parpart) November 15, 2021
In the end, all the protesters wanted to do was to submit a petition to the German Embassy because the King is in Germany to say that they do not want the country to turn back to absolute monarchy. The riot police attention was unwarranted.
— Erich Parpart (@erich_parpart) November 15, 2021
Last photo from @VoiceTVOfficial. pic.twitter.com/xKJLD21Zfi
