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IrelandWarsaw protesters press against tribunal gate as police stand guard
Forbes Breaking News footage shows flag-carrying demonstrators confronting shield-bearing officers amid allegations of a coup.
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Story of Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 648,438 views a day, 93 times a normal first day on this channel (6,976).
RAW VIDEO: Police And Protestors Have A Tense Standoff In Warsaw, Poland, Amid Coup Allegations
A metal gate separates protesters gripping its bars from police in helmets and carrying shields. Around them, Polish flags wave above the crowd outside Warsaw's Constitutional Tribunal, while speakers call for the defense of the courts and the president.
The raw footage posted by Forbes Breaking News drew about 318,000 views in eight hours, an unusually fast start for the channel's short uploads. Credited on screen to Omar Marques/Getty Images, it follows the confrontation from daylight into dusk.
Forbes describes the demonstration as following Prime Minister Donald Tusk's suspension of Bogdan Święczkowski. Its headline places the standoff amid coup allegations. The tribunal at the center of the protest is the court responsible for examining whether Polish laws comply with the constitution.
The recording captures more than a silent police line. A speaker announces plans to seek a shortened term for the Sejm, Poland's lower house of parliament, drawing applause. Later, demonstrators push against the gate, and a man with a megaphone challenges officers over their protective equipment, saying the protesters are unarmed.
A separate Forbes Breaking News upload covering demonstrations in Poland also drew an unusually large audience, giving the channel another widely watched account of the same dispute.
Poland’s constitutional court, which reviews whether laws and the actions of state institutions comply with the constitution.
More on Wikipedia ›Poland’s prime minister since 2023, who also held the office from 2007 to 2014. He previously served as president of the European Council.
More on Wikipedia ›A Polish jurist and prosecutor who served as national prosecutor and first deputy prosecutor general from 2016 to 2022.
More on Wikipedia ›The lower house of Poland’s two-chamber parliament.
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- Channel
- Forbes Breaking News
- Subscribers
- 5,620,000
- Channel views, last 7 days
- 17,620,494
- Channel views, pace per day
- 1,565,897 (on a normal day: 2,623,097)
- Video published
- October 31, 2026
- Video views so far
- 317,636 (less than a day online)
- Video views, pace per day
- 648,438
The numbers
The Warsaw footage moved far beyond the channel's usual early audience for short videos. Its companion report on the demonstrations also had a strong start.
