The surveillance camera rolled when the police moved out to a fight in a garage at Stovner last year. The recording shows that the policeman, who made the arrest, allegedly kicked the head of a 17-year-old boy.
According to the boy, he had surrendered and the video shows that he and his brother are already sitting on their knees with their hands on the ground when the kick hits. It is not possible to hear what is being said.
– I did not remember that I was kicked in the head before my brother told me that, the 17-year-old boy says to Dagbladet.
WANTS SANCTIONS: The two brothers, who wish to remain anonymous, hope the police learn from the incident. Photo: Øistein Norum Monsen / Dagbladet
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Petter Bonde, who is the 17-year-old boy’s lawyer, reported the incident to the Bureau of Investigation, where the case is now being considered by the prosecutor. Bonde does not want to comment on the case because it is still under investigation.
– I can confirm that the Bureau has received a report from the aggrieved through his defender, says Alexander Fotland Iversen, who is the prosecuting investigation leader in the Bureau.
The police in Oslo do not want to comment on the incident at the present time. Nor does the policeman in question.
– The case is currently being processed by the Special Unit for Police Affairs. They will shed light on the course of events and details of the case. We are awaiting the result from the Bureau of Investigation, and can not comment on the case now, says Unni T. Grøndal, in an e-mail to Dagbladet. Grøndal is press officer in the Oslo police district.
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Incident of violence
The outbreak of the incident is described in detail in a judgment from the Oslo District Court.
According to the 17-year-old and his 23-year-old brother, their father was subjected to violence and threats at work on November 9, 2020, the day before the incident in the garage.
The police moved out to the incident and the episode of violence was captured on a surveillance camera, the verdict shows. According to the brothers, however, it should not have led to the arrest of the person who beat the father, and the family should have been told to report the incident themselves.
“The incident has undoubtedly been shaky for both the two accused and the father of the accused”, it is stated in the verdict against the brothers.
– We thought that the police were not here to help us. We had to solve this ourselves, says the 23-year-old brother, who can be seen sitting on his knees to the right in the arrest video.
John Christian Elden, who is the assistance lawyer for the father of the 17-year-old, ie he who was a victim of violence the day before the incident in the garage, tells Dagbladet that he has not received a prosecution decision from the police.
It is unknown at this time what he will do after leaving the post. Dagbladet has asked the police about the status of this case, but has not received an answer.
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Retaliation
The following evening, November 10, the two brothers drove to Stovner to confront the person who allegedly beat his father. They find him sitting in the car in a garage.
The verdict from the Oslo District Court states that the brothers approached the person to retaliate for the violence against the father.
The violence is described in the verdict as gross. The man, who beat their father the day before, ended up sewing 16 stitches after being hit several times in the head with his fist and with a knuckle iron. It was a dramatic scene that met the policeman who arrived alone.
The 17-year-old was sentenced to 90 hours of community service. The older brother was sentenced to 120 days in prison and will soon be served with an anklet.
The video of the arrest, which is now being investigated by the Bureau of Investigation, shows that the policeman arrives at the garage. Both brothers hold their hands up in front of them and sit on their knees on the floor.
– What did you say when the police arrived?
– We said that we wanted to cooperate and that it was a prehistory, says the 23-year-old.
– What did you look like when the policeman arrested you?
– We had bloody hands after the fight, says the 23-year-old.
PST failed completely
While the 17-year-old is sitting on all fours, the video from the surveillance camera shows that the policeman is said to have kicked the boy in the head.
Dagbladet has seen pictures of the 17-year-old’s head, taken by the police a few hours after the arrest, which shows a bullet and a large bruise behind the ear. The 17-year-old believes it must have originated from the policeman’s kick.
– Can the bullet and the bruise originate from the fight just before?
– It is not possible, the brothers think.
– When the kick happened, I lost all confidence in the police, says the 23-year-old, who emphasizes that they cooperated with the police during the arrest and followed all orders to lie on the floor.
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Awaiting decision
Alexander Fotland Iversen, head of the Prosecution Unit in the Bureau of Investigation, cannot comment on the allegations from the brothers, what evidence is in the case or what investigative steps the Bureau has carried out.
The case has been investigated, but no decision has yet been made on the outcome.
– For now, I have to go through the case. Our task is to determine whether the employee in the police has committed a criminal act, says Alexander Fotland Iversen, who now goes through all the documents in the case.
– I will not send this case from me until I believe it is sufficiently informed to make a prosecution decision, says Iversen, who states that in the end it is the head of the Bureau of Investigation who makes the final prosecution decision.
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The special unit is not part of the police, but is an independent investigation and prosecution body sorted under the Attorney General.
According to section 6 of the Police Act, the police may use force during the performance of their duties to the extent necessary and justifiable.
Furthermore, it is written in the law:
“The police shall not use stronger means without weaker means having to be assumed to be insufficient or inappropriate, or without such having been tried in vain. The means used must be necessary and proportionate to the seriousness of the situation, the purpose of the service action and the circumstances in general. “
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Want answers
When Dagbladet interviewed the boys last Friday, the 17-year-old had not yet been questioned by the Bureau of Investigation. According to the older brother, the 17-year-old has now received a summons for questioning.
– If we had been aggressive towards the police, had weapons or did not listen to the orders from the police, then I could understand that they would be harsh, but we cooperated. Are the police really here to help us, I ask myself, says the 23-year-old, who says that he has struggled with the pictures on the retina of his brother who should have been fired.
– We hope that the policeman or those who represent him can answer why he fired, what went through his head when it happened. He should be sanctioned. We believe he is a dangerous man behind the uniform, says the 23-year-old.
The police in Oslo have refrained from answering questions in this case pending the result of the Bureau’s investigation.
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