Spain: Angry youths rattle Barcelona in support of jailed rapper

A few hundred people marched in Barcelona on Tuesday and clashed with police briefly in the eighth night of protests against the jailing of a Spanish rapper Pablo Hasel.

Tuesday's protesters began as usual by listening to rap music in a city square before marching towards a police line and throwing glass bottles, rocks and other objects at them. At least one person was injured in the clashes.

Police responded, charging back at protesters and chasing then in vans. The protest was quickly dispersed.

The imprisonment of Hasel for his music praising terrorist violence and insulting the Spanish monarchy has set off a powder keg of pent-up rage this week in Spain bringing  thousands to the streets for different reasons.

The majority march under the banner of freedom of speech, but Hasel's lyrics also tap into a debate about the role of Spain's parliamentary monarchy after financial scandals involving the royal house.

There is also a minority of protesters who seem bent on violence and fighting with the police.