US EditionPolice Chief: Officer’s Kick, Baton Strikes Partly Excessive in Shopping Center Arrest
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The police officer who last week beat two veiled women with a baton at the Hoog-Catharijne shopping center in Utrecht has received broad support from Utrecht Police Chief Hondema. She believes that the fact that he also kicked one of them unnecessarily escalated the situation.
The force used by a Utrecht police officer at the end of January to arrest a woman under the domed roof at Utrecht Central Station met...
Footage of the incident under the Bollendak in Utrecht's city center was widely shared last week. The police are not taking disciplinary action against the officer.
Police chief: Officer’s kick, baton strikes partly excessive in shopping center arrest
Midden-Nederland police Chief Yvonne Hondema addressed the controversial arrest of a 23-year-old woman at Hoog Catharijne shopping center last week, in which a Utrecht officer kicked one woman and struck another with a baton. An independent review, according to Hondema, justified some use of force but recommended a different handling of certain actions,
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