No justice for African man in Norway
On the 7.september 2006 the police in Trondheim, Norway responded to a call to a social welfare office in the city. Here they arrested a 48yo African man. During the apprehension the four police officers used violent force, including strangleholds, to such a degree that the man died on the stairs of the building.
One of the police officers was investigated in 1999 because of rasiscm in a case involving an african woman he had arrested.
The officers were not suspended pending the investigation, but remained on active duty.
96% of all formal complaints against police officers in Norway are dropped by the Special Investigating Body for Police Matters.
On May 8th protests were held in the three largest Norwegian cities against the way this case has been handled by the Trondheim Chief of Police, the Special Investigating Body for Police Matters and the Minister of Justice.
One of the police officers was investigated in 1999 because of rasiscm in a case involving an african woman he had arrested.
The officers were not suspended pending the investigation, but remained on active duty.
96% of all formal complaints against police officers in Norway are dropped by the Special Investigating Body for Police Matters.
On May 8th protests were held in the three largest Norwegian cities against the way this case has been handled by the Trondheim Chief of Police, the Special Investigating Body for Police Matters and the Minister of Justice.
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