Anti-lockdown riots engulf the Netherlands 

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Violent protests have erupted in several cities in the Netherlands for the past three nights after officials imposed a new 9 p.m.- to-4:30 am curfew. The Dutch have not experienced a curfew since the Nazis occupied Holland during World War II. Mascha ten Bruggencate, who chairs the council of Amsterdam’s central district, talks with The World’s Marco Werman about the unrest.

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