Agents freely after shooting Mike Stick

05-08-2015 18:27

The two agents Dutchman Mike Stick shot dead in April 2013, receive no penalty. Heard that the police officers Wednesday in court in Rotterdam.

,, The cops have shot him because they feared an imminent situation where innocent civilians might be affected. Although there afterwards such a situation there appeared to be, the fears were justified it, '' the court judges.

The officers were confronted in April 2013 with the aggressive Stick in the Fazantstraat in Rotterdam. He had assaulted two female wardens who had fined him for his stray dog. Stick (raised and drunk) ran brandishing a stick in an empty garden, away from the police. According to his family, Mike was just on my way home. The officers who fired at him thought he was a danger to others.

,, The man did not listen to exhortations to stop and continued even after warning shots with a weapon in hand on running. As the man ran, there was no other means for the agents (such as a baton or pepper spray) to stop him, '' said the court.

Acquittal
The public prosecutor asked for acquittal because there would have been self-defense. By bad weather, a looming concrete situation, according to the court, however, no question. ,, For fear of such a situation is. ''

For the relatives of the ruling is disappointing, understands the court. ,, From the statements of the relatives showed how dramatically their lives changed afterwards and how distressing their grief, '' said the judge.

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