Officers charged for assaulting whistleblower
Published: 22 Oct 10 16:16 CET | Print version
Online: http://www.thelocal.se/29774/20101022/
Two police officers have been charged for assaulting a young man who used his mobile phone camera to film them roughing up two suspects in a Stockholm metro station.
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The event became notorious after the young man uploaded a reconstructed film of the incident on YouTube.
The two policemen have been charged for harassment, arbitrary conduct and unlawful restraint or misconduct.
The young man was photographing the police officers in connection with their conduct in verifying the identity of two people in the Hornstull subway station.
The man wanted to expose what he believed to be the use of undue force by the officers.
The prosecutor has called several witnesses to testify about the police officers' behaviour in connection with the incident. He has also referred to the young man's reconstructed film from the mobile phone camera.
Following the incident, the policemen reported the amateur photographer for aggravated defamation, insults and harassment and assault of a police officer.
According to the man's lawyer Björn Sandin, he is not under suspicion for the crimes.
Chief prosecutor Christer Ekelund wrote in the indictment that the district court should get ask for an assessment of the officers from the police personnel disciplinary board, which determines what disciplinary measures to administer to offending officers.
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These things you never hear about unless some one like this brave man comes up..
Did you hear that me and my 19 year old brother was attacked by SD racists with knives and the same police you hear about smothered the issue like nothing happened you probebly not.
We are hardworking citizens, if tax was the issue of the attack its not true its racism and hate.
You would 100% hear about it, if me and my brother hit two Blond sweds it would be on youtube, and the base video for SD to use against black hair.
If they got hurt or not it would have been made like being hit by a truck instead..
We got hurt Doctors smothered it too some bald nazi doc from Krokom.
Where immigrants are less than 2 % its all bullshit the media creating a battlefield and giving reasons for such things which are not even present...its just hate and Nazism, The Nazis came to Sweden and gave birth to themselves since ages.
As a matter of fact the Swedish institution continues to impede human rights INSIDE Sweden despite losing several times in the EU court AND various government institutions continue to make decisions "on behalf" of the individual without consent.
Go figure....
If the young man's story were correct, it would then imply that the 2 police officers committed a heavy crime by using force and unlawful method.
I always thought that Sweden allows freedom of expression and such the action (i.e. taking pictures of police officers at the train station) should be perfectly legal. I remember seeing hundreds of photographers in Spain Greece and Thailand taking close-up photos of police officers beating protesters and none of the photographers got in any trouble (and those pictures were published worldwide). So I am really curious if we do have such the freedom (of taking photos) in Sweden. If we do not have then we are like in North Korea.
Better stand-up now, or watch your back. There will be a cop ready to crack your head if you even look at him the wrong way!
@jackx123: Wow, a majority of the Police force is involved in so-called "cover-ups?" Wait, the story only talks about two. TWO. And yet, you imply that the entire nation ("What a great country Sweden is") is fraught with lying bastards. You're right. Sweden is a great country. And by the way, what do you mean by, "…only to get let of."? I don't understand what the means. Did you mean do say, "only to get off the hook?" "Only to go free?"
"If the police have done nothing wrong then they have nothing to hide, correct?" Exactly. These two should be investigated. No question.
@onepack: You have no evidence of this. ONE incident involving TWO police officers in a nation of 9+ million, and all of a sudden, *gasp* Sweden's becoming East Germany! Please.
-HSII