Following the shocking police brutality toward Chareidi protesters on Wednesday morning, Kikar H’Shabbat published an investigation that revealed that even before yesterday’s protest, a letter was sent to Police Chief Danny Levy regarding footage in recent weeks that reveals that the police are throwing stun grenades directly at protesters—but only when the protesters are Chareidi.
According to the report, the violence on Wednesday was only the tip of the iceberg. Footage obtained by Kikar HaShabbat shows systematic use of stun grenades in violation of regulations, direct throws at protesters, and severe injuries to protesters’ faces and heads.
Police regulations explicitly prohibit throwing stun grenades directly at protesters. The regulations require that the grenades be thrown into the air or onto the ground so that they explode at a safe distance from protestors.
One video shows a Chareidi man being struck by a stun grenade at a protest at the entrance to Jerusalem. He required medical treatment and was evacuated to the hospital. Witnesses said that the grenade was thrown directly at the protesters.
In another video, an officer is seen turning off his body camera before throwing a stun grenade directly at a group of protesters. One struck a Chareidi man directly on his head, seriously injuring him.
A third video shows a stun grenade thrown directly at a group of protesters, injuring a number of them.
Even before the protest on Wednesday, Attorney Menachem Stauber sent a letter to Levy regarding the excessive violence against Chareidi protesters. To date, he has received no response.
The Association for the Protection of Chareidim said that it received confirmation that the letter was received by his office.
(YWN Israel Desk—Jerusalem)
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That’s what Nazis do; target Jews, specifically.
play stupid games, win stupid prizes.
ISRAEL IS AN APARTHEID STATE!
This is one of the saddest episodes we have experienced in our recent history, it is symbolic of something very tragic. To see tens of jewish police officers violently, systematically and ferociously attack other jews is heart wrenching. “Vayomer lerosho lomoh sakeh es reiocho”.
We have to daaven very hard that kol horisho kerega toved.
The behaviours of all organs of the israeli government is reprehensible, two faced and tragic.
Their force against the arabs has brought out the anger of the world, and they have achieved less than nothing in Iran.
Klal Yisroel always has and always will rely only on HKBH, their hishatdlus has been shown to be completely misplaced, and in many places simply kefiro.
I hope these reshoim do proper teshuvo.