The BNG denounces 'police repression' with the flag of the repressive Soviet dictatorship

Following the recent far-left violence in A Coruña, today there were protests denouncing those who put a stop to it.

The BNG does not condemn violence against Vox and even uses it for electoral purposes
Far-left violence in La Coruña aimed at preventing Vox from expressing itself freely

The far-left separatist coalition Galician Nationalist Bloc (BNG) and its youth wing, Galiza Nova (which took part in the harassment of Vox in A Coruña), have called for protests in several Galician cities against "police repression." In other words, they are protesting against the National Police—who were simply carrying out their duty—for responding to extremists who resorted to violence in A Coruña. These extremists first sought to prevent a public event by Vox—the fourth most-voted party in Galicia—and later proceeded to set fire to trash containers across the city that night. Essentially, the BNG wants the police to give the violent far-left a free hand.

The BNG rally in Vigo produced some curious imagery: alongside the BNG banner, a communist flag with a very specific design was displayed. That flag can be seen in the following photo, posted by BNG Vigo (you can view an enlarged version by clicking on the image):

Here we can see that anti-democratic flag more closely:

That totalitarian flag can also be seen in a video published by Galiza Nova de Vigo:

This communist flag has a very specific design and set of proportions. It is the official flag of the Soviet Union, featuring a hammer and sickle and a red star with a yellow border. The USSR was a dictatorship that, for seven decades, employed the most brutal repressive methods, murdering millions of people for political reasons. To persecute, imprison, torture, and kill individuals based on their political views or religious beliefs, this Soviet dictatorship established a bloodthirsty political police force, the Cheka—which served as an inspiration for the Gestapo, the brutal political police of Hitler’s dictatorship.

The NKVD—successor to the Cheka—even coordinated with the Gestapo in 1939 and 1940, after both dictatorships invaded Poland as part of an alliance between nazis and communists, driven by their shared hatred of democracy. It is surreal to protest against alleged "police repression" and "fascism" while carrying the flag of a dictatorship that allied itself with the nazis, a regime whose own police repression reached levels of brutality comparable to those of the Third Reich. This is as incoherent and absurd as demonstrating against racism while flying a nazi flag.

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Images: BNG Vigo / Galiza Nova Comarca de Vigo.