The Coordination Committee of Jewish Organizations in Belgium (CCOJB) will never accept the trivialization of Hitler’s salute, the committee said on Thursday.
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“During a particularly violent arrest at Charleroi airport in 2018, a policewoman was filmed carrying out a Hitler salute. Images of this arrest circulated this week. They are shocking in more than one way, ”proclaims the CCOJB.
The CCOJB is “surprised and shocked” by the attitude of the police officers on this video, “regardless of the context in which these facts are inscribed”.
The CCOJB deplores that the excellent work carried out on a daily basis by the Federal Police is marred by this type of behavior on the part of a minority of agents. The CCOJB therefore calls for zero tolerance.
The facts date back to February 23, 2018 at Charleroi airport (BSCA). The 38-year-old, Jozef Chovanec, had posed difficulties for the staff when embarking for Bratislava, Slovakia. The federal airport police were then required to control him and the passenger rebelled on the tarmac.
Placed in a cell in the premises of the federal police, he had given himself violent blows, forcing the police to intervene again to control him. During this operation, the individual suffered cardiac arrest and died a few days later.
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