1 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:07,000 Downloaded from YTS.MX 2 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:13,000 Official YIFY movies site: YTS.MX 3 00:00:17,392 --> 00:00:21,479 Haren is a very calm and green and peaceful place. 4 00:00:22,647 --> 00:00:25,233 We don't have tourists, uh, here in Haren, 5 00:00:25,900 --> 00:00:27,610 and that's, uh, what we like. 6 00:00:28,903 --> 00:00:31,072 Normally, there's nothing happening. 7 00:00:32,741 --> 00:00:34,826 Apart from that one particular day. 8 00:01:51,778 --> 00:01:54,488 Let's be clear. There is no party here. 9 00:01:54,489 --> 00:01:56,031 Fuck off. 10 00:01:56,032 --> 00:01:58,326 We're gonna do this real movie in real life. 11 00:02:00,036 --> 00:02:03,331 Where is the party? The party is here! 12 00:02:16,344 --> 00:02:17,512 People just went berserk. 13 00:04:51,416 --> 00:04:54,085 She was the new girl. She didn't know anybody. 14 00:05:40,965 --> 00:05:42,925 Merthe was a lot of fun to hang out with. 15 00:06:38,398 --> 00:06:41,025 I was chilling out in between classes. 16 00:08:54,784 --> 00:08:57,661 Suddenly, I got texts, messages on my phone, 17 00:08:57,662 --> 00:08:59,079 "What a really good idea." 18 00:08:59,080 --> 00:09:01,040 And then it went rolling and rolling. 19 00:13:21,300 --> 00:13:24,136 I was the first elected night mayor of Groningen. 20 00:13:26,222 --> 00:13:30,308 And I was responsible for all the nightlife in the city. 21 00:13:30,309 --> 00:13:32,602 Organizing festivals. 22 00:13:32,603 --> 00:13:35,104 Dealing with bars, with problems. 23 00:13:35,105 --> 00:13:37,357 In the Netherlands, it looks very liberal, 24 00:13:37,358 --> 00:13:42,446 but there's also a lot of structure, a lot of rules in the background. 25 00:13:43,030 --> 00:13:46,699 We have a city council, but after five o'clock, they go home, 26 00:13:46,700 --> 00:13:47,952 and I come in. 27 00:13:49,203 --> 00:13:52,706 I was on Facebook, and I saw this event coming up. 28 00:13:53,499 --> 00:13:56,001 It was a little weird because it was an event in Haren. 29 00:13:57,753 --> 00:14:01,381 It's a little bit of a boring town. Nothing is happening there. 30 00:14:01,382 --> 00:14:03,592 Only some rich kids living there. 31 00:14:04,301 --> 00:14:07,638 But then I started to receive phone calls from residents. 32 00:14:08,180 --> 00:14:12,351 They had a bad feeling there was something not really right. 33 00:15:07,615 --> 00:15:11,619 In fact, I was a member of city council on the opposite side of the mayor. 34 00:15:37,394 --> 00:15:41,315 They were used to dealing with lampposts, crossings. 35 00:15:41,815 --> 00:15:44,026 So they were not taking it serious. 36 00:19:01,723 --> 00:19:03,975 I was listening to the radio in the car, 37 00:19:03,976 --> 00:19:07,354 and, suddenly, they were talking about Project X. 38 00:19:07,938 --> 00:19:09,147 Merthe speaking. 39 00:19:09,148 --> 00:19:10,773 It's Timor and Coen from 3FM. 40 00:19:10,774 --> 00:19:11,858 - Hi. - Hi. 41 00:19:11,859 --> 00:19:14,611 The party's coming up? 42 00:19:24,246 --> 00:19:26,247 The party is definitely canceled. 43 00:19:26,248 --> 00:19:28,040 You could've had 6,000 presents. 44 00:19:28,041 --> 00:19:31,461 That'd be great, but it wouldn't cover the cost of a new house. 45 00:19:31,962 --> 00:19:34,547 By the way, am I live on the radio right now? 46 00:19:34,548 --> 00:19:37,426 - Yes! - Yes! 3FM! Merthe! 47 00:19:40,137 --> 00:19:42,680 Then it went huge in the national media. 48 00:19:42,681 --> 00:19:45,141 The town of Haren is getting ready for the arrival 49 00:19:45,142 --> 00:19:47,101 of thousands of unwanted partygoers. 50 00:19:47,102 --> 00:19:50,772 50,000 invitations have now been sent via the internet. 51 00:20:14,296 --> 00:20:17,799 Residents on the Stationsweg in Haren are worried. 52 00:20:27,893 --> 00:20:30,019 I had a very nasty feeling. 53 00:20:30,020 --> 00:20:33,106 Uh, we are just not ready to host all these people. 54 00:21:15,274 --> 00:21:19,319 The day before the party, I was getting more and more nervous. 55 00:21:19,820 --> 00:21:22,154 I was thinking this is not a place 56 00:21:22,155 --> 00:21:24,283 where you wanna host a few thousand people. 57 00:21:24,866 --> 00:21:27,160 It's gonna be very, very dangerous. 58 00:21:27,911 --> 00:21:31,456 If the council doesn't take it seriously, I had to come up with a plan. 59 00:21:34,376 --> 00:21:39,171 The only solution was to organize an alternative party outside of Haren. 60 00:21:39,172 --> 00:21:43,343 I said to the city council, "I don't wanna make a penny on this." 61 00:21:43,927 --> 00:21:47,221 So they were like, "Oh, this may be a good idea." 62 00:21:47,222 --> 00:21:48,807 "Can you work that out for us?" 63 00:21:49,641 --> 00:21:52,768 Normally, it takes months to organize a very big party. 64 00:21:52,769 --> 00:21:56,272 We only had like 24 hours to organize this. 65 00:21:56,273 --> 00:21:57,524 I sent a plan. 66 00:21:58,025 --> 00:22:00,444 But Mayor Bats had the final say, 67 00:22:00,986 --> 00:22:04,531 and I was really praying that he was making the right choice. 68 00:22:28,305 --> 00:22:31,515 I have a very clear message. This party is canceled. 69 00:22:31,516 --> 00:22:34,728 Just so everyone is clear, there is no party here. 70 00:22:52,996 --> 00:22:55,539 I received a call from the city council. 71 00:22:55,540 --> 00:22:59,878 Uh, the mayor decided to not do this alternative party 72 00:23:00,379 --> 00:23:02,130 but just work with police. 73 00:23:03,673 --> 00:23:06,593 They were very stupid, and they were naive. 74 00:23:07,302 --> 00:23:10,846 There was no music, there was no stage, there was nothing. 75 00:23:10,847 --> 00:23:12,932 And if you don't provide these things, 76 00:23:12,933 --> 00:23:15,685 the kids will find ways to have a good time. 77 00:24:47,402 --> 00:24:49,988 It was a-- a David and Goliath situation. 78 00:25:38,537 --> 00:25:41,498 Why did you decide to get the train here to Haren? 79 00:25:42,040 --> 00:25:44,250 Uh, just out of curiosity, really. 80 00:25:44,251 --> 00:25:47,295 It'll be an experience to see something like this. 81 00:26:02,602 --> 00:26:05,187 Still quiet at Merthe's. We'll ring the doorbell. 82 00:26:05,188 --> 00:26:06,273 Good afternoon. 83 00:26:07,107 --> 00:26:08,149 No cameras. 84 00:26:08,692 --> 00:26:11,111 Her father has had enough of this. 85 00:27:08,376 --> 00:27:10,794 Just two more hours, and the party starts in Haren 86 00:27:10,795 --> 00:27:13,464 for 16-year-old Merthe. 87 00:27:13,465 --> 00:27:16,800 The man next to me now, police spokesman Paul Heidanus, 88 00:27:16,801 --> 00:27:19,970 stands here with a cautious smile. 89 00:27:19,971 --> 00:27:24,725 Mr. Heidanus, I understand you have 300 police officers on standby? 90 00:27:24,726 --> 00:27:28,020 {\an8}I won't say anything about the measures we have taken. 91 00:27:28,021 --> 00:27:30,774 But let it be clear, we know what we're doing. 92 00:27:35,695 --> 00:27:37,614 My shift ended, so I left. 93 00:28:27,497 --> 00:28:28,707 The vibes was nice. 94 00:28:33,378 --> 00:28:34,796 I saw people having fun. 95 00:29:08,621 --> 00:29:09,622 Chaos. 96 00:29:12,542 --> 00:29:14,043 This is absolutely crazy. 97 00:29:17,172 --> 00:29:19,840 I've never known someone who had so many friends. 98 00:29:19,841 --> 00:29:22,886 Project X Haren can start, we are here! 99 00:29:44,741 --> 00:29:51,623 Where is the party? The party is here! 100 00:29:58,671 --> 00:30:00,465 Where is the party? 101 00:30:25,573 --> 00:30:26,698 Arnoud? 102 00:30:26,699 --> 00:30:29,159 Hey, guys, what are you doing here? 103 00:30:29,160 --> 00:30:31,830 Good vibes, motherfucker! 104 00:30:39,295 --> 00:30:45,300 A Facebook party attracts strange people from all over the country. 105 00:30:45,301 --> 00:30:48,179 I've just been showered in whiskey. 106 00:30:49,556 --> 00:30:53,434 - I think it's time to move on from here. - Good, Arnoud Bodde. Thank you. 107 00:31:46,154 --> 00:31:49,532 We are now in Merthe's street, and it's madness. 108 00:31:57,081 --> 00:31:59,626 And we have only ten officers. 109 00:33:43,438 --> 00:33:47,608 I opened up my Twitter. I saw them start to throw bottles. 110 00:34:08,171 --> 00:34:11,132 The police have fired a warning shot. 111 00:34:21,768 --> 00:34:23,644 Now it's really getting out of hand. 112 00:34:25,813 --> 00:34:27,774 Fuck, it's getting crazy now. 113 00:34:34,781 --> 00:34:37,241 It was the police that provoked this. 114 00:34:57,970 --> 00:34:59,388 This is fucking bizarre. 115 00:35:00,389 --> 00:35:02,767 How long will the police let this go on? 116 00:35:20,159 --> 00:35:21,911 We didn't go to the party. 117 00:36:02,410 --> 00:36:03,578 That's wild. 118 00:36:33,733 --> 00:36:36,235 I saw people bending down a pole. 119 00:36:45,661 --> 00:36:46,662 I saw people... 120 00:36:48,956 --> 00:36:52,335 running through our garden to avoid the police. 121 00:36:53,377 --> 00:36:56,504 Normally, you see it on television, and it's far away, 122 00:36:56,505 --> 00:36:58,799 but now we had it in our front yard. 123 00:38:05,408 --> 00:38:06,909 But that was a wrong decision. 124 00:38:32,226 --> 00:38:36,063 I saw these arms with big tattoos, like, bam, bam! 125 00:39:01,547 --> 00:39:03,215 Without him, I was pretty dead. 126 00:39:15,227 --> 00:39:17,062 Okay, that's it. No more! 127 00:39:17,063 --> 00:39:19,481 What we just experienced was insane. 128 00:39:19,482 --> 00:39:21,525 I was scared to death. 129 00:39:23,611 --> 00:39:25,029 And we say, "We have gold." 130 00:39:25,613 --> 00:39:27,615 "Let's get out of this war zone." 131 00:40:22,753 --> 00:40:25,380 On Twitter, there are rumors 132 00:40:25,381 --> 00:40:27,674 that a girl has been crushed to death, 133 00:40:27,675 --> 00:40:29,717 but there are tweets that say it's not true. 134 00:40:29,718 --> 00:40:30,760 What do you know? 135 00:40:30,761 --> 00:40:34,973 We also read Twitter and have the same information, 136 00:40:34,974 --> 00:40:37,601 but we have not heard this from the police. 137 00:40:46,485 --> 00:40:49,238 It looked like a tornado had hit the town. 138 00:40:50,364 --> 00:40:52,615 And I was walking, and I felt guilty. 139 00:40:52,616 --> 00:40:54,785 I'm sad to be associated with this. 140 00:42:22,831 --> 00:42:25,625 From initial analysis, we are dealing with 141 00:42:25,626 --> 00:42:29,587 what I can only call scum 142 00:42:29,588 --> 00:42:33,968 who, in a violent, well-prepared manner, consciously sought out confrontation. 143 00:42:50,526 --> 00:42:53,570 The rioters have left the people of Haren in shock. 144 00:42:53,571 --> 00:42:56,574 The total cost of the damage is unknown. 145 00:42:57,324 --> 00:43:00,368 All the windows are broken. It's so bad. 146 00:43:00,369 --> 00:43:05,498 We'll have to work hard today to get Haren clean again. 147 00:43:05,499 --> 00:43:08,210 We're still the best community in the Netherlands. 148 00:43:09,545 --> 00:43:10,421 Sorry. 149 00:44:03,974 --> 00:44:05,141 On tonight's show, 150 00:44:05,142 --> 00:44:09,228 what are the consequences of the critical report on Project X Haren 151 00:44:09,229 --> 00:44:11,482 for the mayor and the police chief? 152 00:44:19,573 --> 00:44:24,452 The one time he should have been here and not taken any risks 153 00:44:24,453 --> 00:44:27,372 and just protected the people, 154 00:44:27,373 --> 00:44:28,916 it did not go well. 155 00:44:30,334 --> 00:44:32,378 Things should have gone differently. 156 00:44:32,878 --> 00:44:35,506 {\an8}Let there be no misunderstanding about that. 157 00:44:36,006 --> 00:44:42,012 {\an8}And for that, here today, I apologize. 158 00:44:53,816 --> 00:44:56,859 A couple of years after Project X, I was at a party, 159 00:44:56,860 --> 00:44:58,862 and in comes walking Merthe. 160 00:45:00,948 --> 00:45:03,533 And I was like-- I recognized her immediately. 161 00:45:03,534 --> 00:45:06,704 But because of the shame I felt, I didn't say anything.