Ballhaven massacre

-ColonelKai being appointed Finance Minister

-Rise in Albertvillois nationalism

-Rise in Pro-One Nationism

- The Social Democrats prepare to leave the Labour Government

- The RoP Monarchy starts actively attacking the Government

- Rise in Albertvillois nationalism

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## Overview

The Ballhaven Massacre *(Sometimes called the Ballhaven Protests)* was an act of accused police brutality commited by the RoP Police force in May 2020 against Protesters who were in support of Cosmic's shop. The RoP Police force were massively critisiced by many non-government organisations and the event kickstarted a period of national chaos culminating in the Albertville War of Independence.

## Timeline

### Prior to the Protests

Cosmic had been a relatively peaceful figure on the server since the end of the Danisterium in March 2020, where he had served as Dan's Chancellor of the RoP, being the middle man in between Dan and the Prime Minister of the RoP. Cosmic however had remained relatively unpopular from this time and seen as a consistent villain on the server, being the leader of the Counter Republic of Polandball during the First RoP Civil War and then again backing the Dan dictatorship over the AFC and other rebel groups such as the New Front Alliance. In May 2020, Cosmic would start up a small business due to the financial benefits that came with it, due to the new laws passed by the Labour Party government in April. These financial laws came with the Social Democratic Party who had lead the financial sector of the Government. However, despite this period being the RoP's economic peak, up to this point Prime Minister Britannia wished to keep the Centrists in his Government happy, and so removed Sealand of the SDP as Financial Minister, replacing him with ColonelKai. With ColonelKai now at the helm and with a disgruntled left wing block in Labour's Government, blood began to boil on both sides, Cosmic's store would begin selling dirt in his store after his stores profits began to stagnate. He sold these at an extremely inflated price to keep his store going. However, the Government would pass a law that would stop Cosmic selling dirt blocks this high setting a price boundary. This was seen as an unecessary law by critics, and protests were organised.

### The Protests and Massacre

These protests were mainly done as a protest against the RoP Government as a whole, rather than this singular law. However they took Cosmic's side in the issue due the issue being seen as the Government vs the little man by the media. The protests were lead by Sealand of the Social Democrats and also by King James of Polynesia who began actively criticising the RoP Government for "favouring the rich". The protests began with mass graffiti and sign placement in the Centre of Ballhaven, around the area of Cosmic's store, breaking the closed down signs on the door placed by the Police earlier that day. Armed Police would arrive on the scene as a new law passed by the Labour Government, required that protests be watched by Police forces. The police would demand the protesters stop breaking the signs and take off their armour. Convinced the police would not attack, the protesters refused and mocked them, sparking the Police to use batons to disperse the crowd. The protesters would begin hitting back with their fists, however the police would next use swords sparking an all out brawl resulting in the deaths of 2 protesters. After this the protests dispersed and denunciations of the event began.

### Post-Massacre

The RoP Government's critics became more united from the event, however the event failed to change public perception of the RoP Government and mass support continued, although it would continue to dwindle. The Royal Family distanced themselves from the Government completely, which would eventually form into the Albertville War of Independence and the Second Split. The RoP Police maintained their innocence and the protesters maintained the Police's guilt.

## Legacy

The massacre became a major propaganda tool for the New Party and this anti-police propaganda would eventually lead to the Anti-Police protests and slogans performed by the party and its supporters. Anti-Police ideology would continue to be used all starting from the incident all throughout Polynesian history.