After 04:00 in the morning, Buenos Aires’ Obelisk was no longer a celebration. It was something else. Thousands of people had arrived to celebrate reaching the semifinals, but the crowd became so packed that something broke in the middle of the festivities.
That was when the water cannon trucks came in. That was when the Infantry advanced in formation, step by step, along Avenida 9 de Julio. The City Police justified the operation as a response to attacks against the security cordons. The result: 14 people arrested for disobedience and resisting arrest.
What some saw as a necessary move to lock down the downtown area, others saw as disproportionate force against people who only wanted to celebrate. Which side are you on?