Death in custody at Okazaki Police Station: "I thought of physical restraints as a way to relieve stress" - Chief officer tells subordinate

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Death in custody at Okazaki Police Station: "I thought of physical restraints as a way to relieve stress" - Chief officer tells subordinate

The second oral argument in a lawsuit filed by the family of a man (43 years old at the time) who died in custody in a detention center at the Aichi Prefectural Police Okazaki Station (Okazaki City, Aichi Prefecture) in December 2022, was held at the Nagoya District Court on the 21st. The case involved a former police inspector who was the detention chief (and was given a summary order for a fine of 800,000 yen for professional negligence result…