That September 25, 2012, tens of thousands of people gathered in Plaza de Neptuno, in Madrid. Called by the call to surround the Congress, the night ended with harsh police charges which also continued inside the Atocha station. They arrested 35 people and 64 others were injured. Of them, 27 were agents, although the government delegation did not specify their pathologies. The hearing for 21 of these detainees will begin on November 18 in what protest organizers have called a “macro-trial.” More than 12 years later, Justice will resolve what happened. The Prosecutor’s Office requests sentences that in some cases exceed seven years of imprisonment and which, in total, amount to 112 years among all the defendants.
Dozens of videos flooded the networks on Tuesday 25 September. One of them left an image that is still remembered. Faced with one of the police charges, a plainclothes officer began shouting “I’m a partner, damn it!” to escape the blows that his own professional colleagues were dealing him on the field. Next to him, also on the asphalt, was Ángel García, accused of public disorder and for whom the Public Prosecutor is asking for a sentence of 3 years and 8 months in prison, the lowest of all.