MAI opens investigation into detention with ″use of force″ by PSP agents in Lisbon
The Minister of Administration Inter decided on Monday to open an inquiry into an investigation into the investigation of two police officers who “recur to the use of force”, PSP, in the police of a citizen, in Bairro Alto, Lisbon.
In a statement, the Minister of Internal Administration, José Luís Carneiro, says that he has ordered the General Inspectorate of Internal Administration (IGAI) to open an investigation process “to establish facts related to the police incident that took place on August 13, at Travessa da Boa Hora, in Lisbon, to two elements of the Public Security Police, on the identification number of a citizen suspected of causing disturbances in order and tranquility”.
The order also determines that the National Directorate of the PSP transmits to the IGAI all the elements of the process that it incurs, references to the establishment of facts.
The PSP had already announced the opening of an investigation process into the occurrence.
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The Metropolitan Command of Lisbon indicated that a part was informed on Saturday by Boa Hora, communicated a man with a “behavior, of entertainment” towards the citizens who are passing by, “and received them.
According to the metropolitan command, local agents approached the suspect, “having this aggressive attitude towards the police and refusing to identify himself”.
Taking into account the agents limited to all the specifics” to identify man, who were informed according to what they would, being legitimate in what they are suspects, with the PSP that follows “more aggressive”, the police.
The man, added a security force, will have to flee and prevent the action “using irons with intent” of aggressors of aggressors.
“Police officers resort to the use of the police, including the police and already bound0, suspects to the police station, where they were identified, being identified the subunit at 22:00”, indicated the PSP.
“To fully clarify what happened, an investigation process will be launched”, it was also mentioned in the PSP note, which indicated that the source was used in a video.
Video, which was designed to run on Twitter, a man on the ground being maniac who uses his truncheon to immobilize and detain. One of them even puts his knee on the man’s neck.