“After the riots in Anderlecht a few months ago, we said that from now on we would be sharing the video images. Because this is more than a disturbance, our people were surrounded”, says Houssin.
In 2017, a circular from the attorney general promised zero tolerance, but due to the dismissals at the prosecutors, that circular remains a dead letter, the VSOA complains. “We are not asking for words, but for action. To be clear, this is not about the ministers (of the Interior) Pieter De Crem and (of Justice) Koen Geens. But we want even better support for the police. It is time for politics the silence breaks, because they all know what’s going on, “says Houssin.
On Saturday, the juvenile judge decided to place the person concerned in an open institution. He was also involved in the brawl on the beach in Blankenberge last week. He was sentenced to community service for those offenses.
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