The tabakspanden are a group of squatted houses in the Spuistraat, Amsterdam. They were squatted over ten years ago. Recently they are under threat of eviction. Today, the threat got serious when a couple of cops wanted to get into the Middle East. Apparently, jokes like paintbombing cop cars are not funny in their book. They closed off the street and tried to ram the barricaded door to the building. A rain of paintbombs and bad luck with the door kept them at distance and they ran off. We don’t expect them to leave it at this and we’re expecting the ME any time soon.