Germany: New case of police brutality in Dortmund – The second in two months

It’s shocking new incident of police brutality which unfolded yesterday early in the morning in Dortmund with a tragic end in the death of an arrested person who was allegedly involved in an incident in the area Dorstfeld of Dortmund.

Investigations into the case are in full swing. They have even been taken over by the Recklinghausen police authorities, in order to observe conditions of objectivity and neutrality, and this because according to the information so far known, the death of the arrested person may be connected to the use of a taser discharge gun by the Dortmund police officers. who rushed to the scene of the incidents.

“I can confirm that a remote electric repulsion device was used’a representative of the Recklinghausen police even said, according to a report in the newspaper Bild.

What is also known so far is that officers tried to resuscitate the unfortunate man and called an ambulance, which took him to hospital. His death was confirmed there a short time later.

Tasers controversial – electric shock can be fatal

However, the fact that this is the second incident of police brutality that leads to the death of arrested persons in Dortmund within two months is deeply troubling. On August 8, sixteen-year-old Senegalese refugee Mohamed was also shot dead by a police officer in the same town.

Finally, it is worth noting that the issue of the use of taser weapons by the police in North Rhine-Westphalia has strongly occupied the consultations on the formation of the local government between the Christian Democrats and the Greens.

Currently there is an agreement on the trial use of these weapons by police authorities until 2024. However, the use of these weapons is controversial internationally, because the electric shock they cause to immobilize alleged perpetrators can be fatal.

DW

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