Thursday, February 27, 2014

Riot Police Get On Their Knees To Beg For Forgiveness For Taking Part In Ukraine Crackdown

By Michael Kelley -- These photos by Roman Baluk of Reuters show just how quickly the tables have turned in Ukraine.

During a rally in central Lviv on Feb.24, local riot police knelt as they apologized to residents for taking part in the crackdown on protesters in Kiev's Independence Square, aka Maidan (though they insisted that they did not beat protesters).

Lviv, a city of 760,000 near Ukraine's Western border with Poland, sent thousands of people to Kiev to fill and defend Maidan. On Feb. 19, the city declared independence from the government of President Viktor Yanukovych, who was ousted three days later by parliament.

Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/riot-police-on-knees-in-lviv-2014-2#ixzz2uXKNRyqs

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