A man filming an arrest in Ghent was handled by the police. He was bitten by a police dog and was arrested. The police have started an investigation.
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Idries Bensbaho (23) is an actor and self-employed student. When he went to his cousin on Saturday evening, he passed police who arrested two people at Van Beverenplein in Ghent. ‘I filmed that because I do citizen journalism. I was fully within my rights and did not resist, ‘he says. Bensbaho does not know the detainees. ‘I was filming behind the safety zone. Then they let a dog on me. ‘
According to Bensbaho, the arrest of the two men went under control, but there was a ruckus afterwards. Reinforcements have been called and the dog brigade has arrived. The dogs were released on everyone. A 17-year-old boy was bitten in his buttocks, I was bitten in a sensitive place and in my leg. ‘ Bensbaho was arrested around 11:30 p.m., his smartphone was seized. The actor-student spoke earlier this year with The standard about ethnic profiling and police brutality.
Blackmailed
‘I did not receive urgent medical attention for twenty minutes while I was in that combination. I was harassed by two female officers who did not want to identify themselves, ”says Bensbaho. ‘Then I was blackmailed: either a PV was drawn up or I had to delete the images.’ Bensbaho was taken to the emergency department of AZ Jan Palfijn, then to the cell in Ekkergem. ‘It was dirty, there were false nails on the floor, and there was blood and gurgles on the wall. Very sorry that this can happen in corona times. ‘
Bensbaho says police did not say why he was arrested at the time of arrest. He got the papers in the cell. ‘Violence, resistance to arrest and disturbance of public order’, sums up Bensbaho. He was released that night around three o’clock. A spokesman for the Ghent police says that an investigation has been started into the police action, but does not wish to comment further.
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