“Police officers are investigating the incident captured on video to determine whether it was an illegal act or not,” the police said. She wants to announce the conclusion of the investigation when “circumstances allow”, she added.

Bartoníček stated that during the demonstrations, he mapped the general events, conducted interviews and filmed the crowd in front of him. During that time, some individuals defended him outside the front of the procession, preventing anyone from moving, he described.

“One of them knocked over my mobile phone, which I use to film,” he added. “Our online editor objects to the role of the media and journalists as subjects of conflicts as representatives of these parties to disputes, we report independently,” stated management of Aktuálně.cz

Server Romeo.cz on Friday drew attention to the racist insults that one of the participants of the demonstration uttered towards the editor of Czech Television, Richard Samko. He posted a video taken during the protest.