Decorated Veteran Not Prosecuted for Dragging Protester Away at WWII Commemoration

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Marco Kroon will not be prosecuted for his action on Liberation Day in Wageningen. He intervened when two pro-Palestine demonstrators unfurled a banner during a speech by Defense Minister Brekelmans. The soldier stood up, grabbed one of the demonstrators and dragged him away. The activist was then led away by security. The demonstrators filed a complaint against Kroon, because according to them he had ended a peaceful demonstration. But the case…

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The complaint filed by a group of protesters against Major Marco Kroon, who grabbed one of the protesters during a May 5 commemoration in Wageningen and dragged him to the fence, will be dropped. The Public Prosecution Service announced this on Tuesday.

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The Public Prosecution Service East Netherlands is dropping the cases against five people who wanted to demonstrate in Wageningen on 5 May during the commemoration of the liberation. The complaint by these demonstrators against Major Marco Kroon, who grabbed one of the demonstrators and dragged him to the fence, is also being dropped.

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Military man Marco Kroon from Schijndel will not be prosecuted by the Public Prosecution Service (OM) for grabbing a demonstrator at the commemoration in Wageningen on 5 May. The OM is dropping the cases against the demonstrators and against the well-known soldier. Kroon was sitting at the front of the audience during the speech by Minister of Defence Ruben Brekelmans. On 5 May, two demonstrators pushed past the barriers that cordoned off the 5 …