"There are signs of rioting." The frontline police...a hasty review of a hard-line response

The Seoul Western District Court was brutally damaged by the riot of protesters.51 cops injured in two days...7 seriously injured
Police officers at the scene complain of helplessness..."Disastrous scene"
" I'm getting hit by a colleague, and all I can say is, "Stop it."

[Anchor]
Dozens of police were injured in the riot at the Seoul Western District Court, and the atmosphere inside the police is also unusual.

In the midst of the controversy over the responsibility of the command, the police rushed to respond hard and increased the number of guard units.

I'm reporter Yang Dong-hoon.

[Reporter]
After the riot, the Seoul Western District Court was devastated.

In the past two days, 51 police officers have been injured, seven of them seriously.

Police officers at the scene complained of helplessness.

On the police officer community, "My colleague was being beaten, and all I could do was say, 'Please stop,'" he said. "It was the most disastrous scene in the police's life."

Some pointed out that even though there were signs of riots from a long time ago, the command did not respond properly, so it grew the work.

After President Yoon left the court after the interrogation, some police security personnel withdrew as the number of protesters decreased, and rioters broke into the court through such a loose gap.

The police said it was difficult to predict the first incident, but strongly denied allegations that they deliberately took out their careers to induce riots.

[Lee Ho-young / Acting Commissioner of Police: There was a risk of bricks or something like this, so I took it out for a while for fear of injury to my career, and then put it all in and put it down.]

Some police officers at the scene are calling for a hard-line response, saying employees should not be considered only as "body buns."

In fact, the police are also considering ways to control strongly in advance by using tear gas or tridanbong.

He also said he would deploy additional careers at all times to strengthen security for the Western District Court, the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit, the Seoul Detention Center, and the Constitutional Court.

I'm YTN Yang Donghoon.


Video editing: Kim Min-kyung