D.the 16-year-old refugee who was shot by police in Dortmund had neither alcohol nor drugs in his blood. According to information from the dpa of the legal circles, this was the result of the toxicological report.
So far it has been speculated that the young Senegalese man could have continued to carry on in the incident of 8 August, for example due to the effect of the drug, despite the Taser fire. According to preliminary information, the young man, who had held a knife in his hand, was first sprayed with pepper spray by police officers. They then shot him twice with an electric shock device.
At least writhing in pain
As stated in a previous report to the state parliament of North Rhine-Westphalia, the second blow struck: an electrode struck the young man in the limb, one in the lower abdomen. That didn’t paralyze the 16-year-old, but it probably hurt him. According to information from the dpa, investigators now assume that the young man must have at least twisted in pain, since he was not drugged or stunned by alcohol.
The 16-year-old’s behavior after taser shots is important, as he was later shot dead by an officer with his submachine gun. Furthermore, it is unclear whether this was necessary to protect colleagues. Both the prosecutor and NRW Interior Minister Herbert Reul (CDU) had already expressed doubts about the entire operation. On Wednesday, the case will be dealt with in both the health and legal committees of the state parliament.
