Agents freely in case Mike Stok – Telegraaf.nl

Two agents in 2013 with deadly consequences Dutchman Mike Stick have shot go free. That the court in Rotterdam Wednesday determined. The officers had reason to think that Stick was a danger was to his surroundings and there was no other way to stop him. The prosecutor had asked for the agents to freely let go

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Mike Stok was hit in 2013 with five or six bullets wegrennend when he tried to prevent the arrest Photo:..

The officers, a man who fired the fatal shot and a woman who also shot but missed , were confronted in April 2013 with Stick in the Fazantstraat in Rotterdam. He had been drinking and had assaulted two female wardens who had fined him for his stray dog. According to the police was turned and he would stick by any person who was on his way to hurt you.

When the one with an ax-like cane ‘armed’ Rotterdammer despite warnings continued to run away, shot them. Stick, father of a daughter, was when he ran into his back hit in the courtyard of his compound.

Afterwards, according to the court showed that there was no question of innocent civilians threatening situation (severe weather situation ), but the fear before the bustle and chaos of the moment, according to the court justified. The officers were therefore still shoot. They had, according to the judges no other way to maintain Stick, such as the use of pepper spray.

The two agents appeared Wednesday, as two weeks ago, before the court in uniform and with a wig. During the case, they are still referred to as NN01 and NN02 not to disclose their identity to be. Social media have been expressed earlier threats.

The relatives Stick had enforced through the courts prosecute the agents. They were convinced that not stick around with the intention of someone to do something.

The prosecution previously decided not to prosecute the officers. The court ruled later that it was not certain whether it used violence was justified and that the officers should still be pursued.

“Treat police differently than citizens’

” Police officers who need to use violence deserve a different legal assessment than citizens. “So does police chief Gerard Bouman Wednesday at the court ruling in the case of Mike Stok. Who ruled Wednesday that the two officers who fired at Rotterdam with deadly consequences in 2013 go unpunished.

Bouman is bracing itself for more hard for a system revision when it comes to violence by police officers, some he is concerned, criminal law must be adapted for this purpose. He argues that it is obvious that the police accountable for violence used. But that review should, according to Bouwman only about the question whether the police officer has complied with the rules, and not to the question whether they have committed a crime, such as (attempted) murder or assault.

Police all, people are often compelled to use force to protect themselves or others, Bouman says. He notes that police officers who really misbehave and violate the law should be prosecuted and convicted course

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