SPAIN AGAINST THE CATALONIA NATION ----- "Hey Civil Guard, I've got a Catalan Independence Flag too" - VilaWeb
"Hey Civil Guard, I've got a Catalan Independence Flag too" - VilaWeb
"Hey Civil Guard, I've got a Catalan Independence Flag too"
Massive social media reaction to Civil Guard
agents who noted down buildings and balconies with Catalan independence
flag converts hashtag into trending topic
A pair of Civil Guard agents made an appearance in the middle of the
day today in the Plaça de la Vila in Sant Celoni, and surrounded by the
bustle of a Saturday crowd of people, started pointed at buildings and
balconies with independence flags hanging from them, taking notes.
That's what the local chapter of the Catalan National Assembly in Sant
Celoni said and which was corroborated by several residents of the
square who saw the agents and who explained it through social media and
directly to VilaWeb.
The reaction on Twitter was immediate, and hundreds of people
have responded to the agents' actions with the hashtag
#GuardiaCivilTincEstelada, which means 'Civil Guard, I have a Catalan
Independence Flag', which quickly became a trending topic in Spain.
The official Catalan flag has four red stripes on a yellow
background. The independence flag has either a blue or yellow triangle
at one end with a white or red star, respectively.
And this is the story that one of the witnesses told VilaWeb: 'Two
agents of the Civil Guard came into the plaza, and in front of everyone,
started looking at the different buildings and pointing their fingers,
counting independence flags and taking notes in a notebook.'
One of the residents got closer to the agents and took pictures of
them with his mobile phone. The agents went over to him and asked for
his identification, but since he wasn't carrying any at that moment,
they took him to the police station. There, the local officers
recognized him right away and told the pair of Civil Guards who he was.
This resident said he was flabbergasted that the two agents of the Civil
Guard, in the middle of the afternoon on a Saturday, with all of the
people that were in the square, started pointing at and taking notes
about who had independence flags hanging from their balconies.
