411 Event, Civil rights protest site at Zhongzheng First Police Station, Taiwan.
411 Event is a civil rights gathering that took place in April 2016 at the Zhongzheng First Police Station in Taipei, Taiwan. Thousands of people assembled outside the station to call for greater transparency and accountability in law enforcement.
The protest grew out of public anger over how police handled a series of incidents in the months before April 2016. It became one of the largest demonstrations focused on law enforcement reform in Taiwan's recent history.
The gathering brought people from across the country to a single police station in central Taipei to demand accountability. That image of ordinary citizens standing outside an official building became a reference point for public protest in Taiwan.
Background on this event can be found in several museums and documentation centers in Taipei that cover Taiwan's social movements. Visiting the area around the police station itself gives a concrete sense of the space where the gathering unfolded.
The demonstration took place directly in front of the police station entrance rather than in a public square, which made the choice of location itself a clear message. That decision to stand at the door of the institution being criticized set this gathering apart from most public protests.
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