Mayor of Harelbeke in Emotional Facebook Post After Problems with Young People on New Year's Eve: "Mopping with the Tap Open"

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In the region around Harelbeke, some young people are "behaving increasingly brazenly and completely disrespectfully toward the police or any other authority," wrote Harelbeke's mayor, Michael Vannieuwenhuyze, in an emotional Facebook post after a turbulent New Year's Eve in his city, during which fireworks were launched at cars and buildings. According to the mayor, stricter punishments are needed for a certain group of young people.