In the month following the controversial parliamentary elections, the country of Georgia was on edge, ready to erupt if given the opportunity. Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze handed it to the people when he declared, in the last days of November, that the country would pause its process of adhesion to the European Union - for which it holds candidate status since January 2024. Spontaneous popular protests erupted across the country, from the seaside resort town of Batumi to the avenues of the capital, Tbilisi. Over the last ten days, the evening has unfolded in remarkably similar fashion at the heart of the small nation. Demonstrators gather in front of the Parliament on Rustaveli Avenue, clashes between protesters and police begin, and fireworks are used as primary weaponry by the protesters. Then, riot police move in, with its state-of-the-art water-cannons, purchased a few weeks before the elections. Progressively, and despite the protesters’ best efforts, Rustaveli avenue gets hosed down. Participants, once out of ammunition, attempt to escape the indiscriminate arrests of the Police and the Titushkis lurking in the shadows of the side streets - a much-feared group of unmarked police known for their violent beatings. At dawn, the streets are cleared and reopened, protesters and police alike go return to their quarters, sleeping the events off until meeting again the following evening, for the same choreography of discontent and violence.