The court in Zwolle on Tuesday acquitted an officer of the unlawful arrest in 2016 of a fellow officer at a police station in Enschede. The applied violence was also not disproportionate and therefore there was no mistreatment.
At the time, the Public Prosecution Service (OM) ruled that there were criminal offenses, but returned to that conclusion at the hearing and asked the court to acquit the relevant investigator Herbert H.
Anis Raiss, who is no longer employed by the police, was in May 2016 in the company of his father and brother to report on behalf of the latter.
Images from that day show that a discussion arises between Raiss and the women behind the counter who have to record the declaration. Raiss says he also works for the police and is surprised at the way he is treated.
The situation seems to have calmed down somewhat when Inspector H. finally decides to arrest Raiss because he cannot identify himself.
No evidence for ethnic profiling
According to Raiss, his arrest has everything to do with his Moroccan background, he was assaulted and his detention should be seen as unlawful deprivation of liberty.
Apart from the alleged ethnic profiling, H. was also initially reprimanded by the police, but this was later withdrawn. He in turn instituted a so-called Article 12 procedure and was therefore tried at his own request, because he wanted to clear his name.
The man realized that he could have acted differently afterwards, but according to him there was no malicious intent. The court is up to the same judgment come.
According to the OM, no indications have been found that there has been any question of ethnic profiling. Incidentally, this was not charged.
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