1967-1968 Kopenburg Protests

The 1967-1968 Kopenburg Protests were a series of riots and civil disturbances that occurred in the city of Kopenburg, from December 1967 to January 1968. Unrest began outside the capital palace in December when an attempted anti-corruption trial against Mayor Brytnoth Erkonbyrt was shot down by the National Court.

The protests occurred in several areas in the Kopenburg metropolitan area, with hundreds of people taking to the streets. After leading figure Werhyrd Lydolv was beaten to an unconscious state and arrested on the steps to the National Court, the protests erupted into the thousands, becoming a general protest against the government. Around a thousand people brought guns and began to fire at police officers they saw, and burn down or loot governmental buildings. Later, the military was deployed to combat the widespread protests and fight armed demonstrators.

By the time the protests ended, 779 people had been killed, 646 had been injured, and 2,092 had been arrested. It is estimated that the property damages reached $500 million. The protests and riots completely killed Social Conservative Party support for the next decade, as UJP candidate Wilbeorht Hynjdoff was elected Mayor the following year, caused by the repression and corruption in and around the years of the protests.