According to the inspectorate, the rough assault of a man by a police officer in Prague is only a misdemeanor
“Camera footage was evaluated and documents for the investigation were secured. It was a person who was committing an illegal act, therefore an official intervention was carried out. The investigation on our part did not reveal any suspicion of a criminal act, therefore, according to the jurisdiction, the relevant department of internal control of the police is dealing with this incident,” GIBS spokeswoman Ivana Nguyenová told Novinka, referring to the fact that the victim apparently did not suffer serious injuries that required treatment.
The inspection generally deals with suspected crimes by members of the police, customs administration and the prison service, where the accused are also at risk of imprisonment. The Department of Internal Control of the Police investigates disciplinary offenses in relation to the Police Act, where the punishment is, for example, a reprimand from the management, a reduction in salary or dismissal.
Brutal attack by a policeman on a man in Horní Počernice
According to its spokeswoman Ivana Nguyen, GIBS dealt with the case from Horní Počernice out of its own interest when a recording of the incident appeared on the Internet.
In the video from last week, which was reported by Novinky on Thursday, a man can be seen at the door of the police station, which was suddenly opened by the police officer and immediately without warning he punched the man hard in the chest with his hands. The attacked fell on his back on the ground, from where the policeman did not let him get up with repeated blows. He finally stomped on the man and hit him again.
It is clear from the video that it is probably a provocation, but the policeman can only use legal means against citizens, in this case he did not threaten him in any way, it was enough to simply handcuff the young man. But the policeman obviously lost his temper.
The policewoman and two of her colleagues watched the violence, who gradually came out of the office and helped him handcuff the man during the last police strikes.
Police spokeswoman Violeta Siřišťová said that the department of internal control has not yet made a decision. The spokeswoman previously said without details that only the behavior of the aforementioned police officer is being dealt with, his other colleagues are not affected by the proceedings.
“It is a disciplinary procedure when a punishment is imposed,” he added, adding that, according to him, the whole story needs to be told.
Brutal attack by a policeman on a man in Horní Počernice
He was apparently referring to testimony that the assailant was a six-time repeat offender who was said to have been aggressive and threatened to kill police officers and repeatedly disobeyed their calls.