"Bakan said Ian Wiltow Schortinghuis was the type of “unsophisticated” person organizers convince to get themselves arrested instead of those who “pull the strings.”
“If they are saying, ‘We are going to have so many people arrested,’ that is like using people as cannon fodder. It is generally not the strategists that are on the frontline.”
“Schortinguis has a high school education and no previous criminal record. According to the decision, he has attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and mental health issues.”
“It is only, unfortunately, a matter of time before someone gets injured or killed during one of these illegal blockades,” Bakan said."