A controversial video of “La Boum 2” is circulating: “I’m not anti-cop, but the gratuitous violence I witnessed is not justified” (video)
"The scene was filmed by a local resident living near the Bois de la Cambre. It shows a woman on the ground. The police intervene with tear gas canisters a few centimetres from the people who came to help her up. Police dogs also intervene. The young woman who filmed the scene denounces this violence by police officers, which she describes as “gratuitous”. Testimony."
"It is a video that is circulating widely on social networks this Sunday morning. It was taken on Saturday evening at around 7.30 pm, on Avenue de l’Observatoire on the edge of the Bois de la Cambre. It shows a woman on the ground. The police intervene with tear gas canisters a few centimetres from the people who came to help her up. Police dogs also intervene."
"This scene was filmed by a local resident from her balcony."
"►Here is her testimony:
“‘Every month, we witness the sad spectacle taking place in the Bois de la Cambre. This Saturday, we had decided not to stay at home so as not to have to put up with the helicopters and the excesses. We came back at around 7 pm. And then, together with my partner, I witnessed the scene,’ says the 30-year-old woman who posted the video on social networks.”
“‘People were running in from the little cobbled street because police officers were apparently behind them. I don’t know what happened before. I don’t know whether the cops were provoked or not. But that does not justify the gratuitous violence I witnessed. A woman dressed in green was slapped before getting a blast of tear gas spray in her face. She then collapsed on the ground. That is when I started filming,’ our interviewee explains.”
“‘The dog then intervened. You can see it biting the sweater of the man who fell to the ground. I saw that he was then taken away by the police. I wonder what after-effects he has from the dog bites,’ she adds. The young woman decided to post the video on social networks so that people who were victims ‘of police violence’ could call on her as a witness or use the video to support their complaint.”
“‘I’m not anti-cop. I support them, because the situation has not been easy for them since the beginning of the pandemic. They are under pressure, but the gratuitous violence I witnessed is not justified,’ she laments.”
"►The local resident started filming the scene when a woman was slapped before getting a blast of spray."
"She describes the events…"
“►The spokesperson for the Brussels-Ixelles police zone, Ilse Van De Keere, has seen the images but does not wish to comment.”
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