Ignacio Cosidó, General Director of the police "we have to be cautious when we use violence as required by law,"

During an interview in El Objetivo on channel La Sexta last night, General Director of the police (Ignacio Cosidó) desperately and nervously tried to defend the actions of the police brutality towards the general public and journalists during manifestations & demonstrations in what seems to have become the norm over the last couple of years.

22nd of March of this year saw a record number of demonstrators,estimated 2 million, who were protesting over issues including unemployment, poverty and political corruption. For more than 2 weeks, many protesters had traveled from all parts of Spain, many of them making the journey on foot. Columns of protesters, each from different regions of Spain had arrived at the outskirts of the city early Saturday before heading for Colon square, carrying banners bearing the slogan "Marching for Dignity.".

 Even before the protest had a chance to get into full swing, the Guardia Civil had been ordered to the outskirts of Spains capital city, Madrid in an attempt to stop buses of people from arriving whilst 1700 riot police were already in the capital in preparation.

During the interview by Ana Pastor, Ignacio Cosidó was questioned about the activities of the police force in Spain regarding their actions during the protests of 22March & the subsequent protest of 29March in which the police were seen and recorded using indiscriminate and unlawful violence towards general members of the public and official photographers and journalists.

Whilst commenting on the violence from a minority of protestors towards the police and vice versa, Ignacio Cosidó, General Director of the police said, in what could arguably be considered a Freudian slip "we have to be cautious when we use violence as required by law, pardon, the force that the law gives us.".

During the protests of 22nd & 29th March 2014 in which one protestor lost the use of an eye and another lost a testicle, both caused by direct hits from rubber ammunition fired by the National Police, several journalists and photographers were physically assaulted, insulted, threatened and repeatedly attacked by members of Spain's Policia Nacional whilst trying to record the moments of the protest. 

All Ignacio Cosidó could do in "defense" was repeatedly comment on the number of police injured during the protests in what seemed an attempt at not answering the questions asked by Ana Pastor.