TIL Jozef Chovane died after a violent arrest at Charleroi airport during which a female officer was filmed laughing and performing a Nazi salute. A Belgian court dismissed all charges against the officers involved

What the actual f*ck?

He was calling them fascists which prompted her to do the Hitler salute.

It was a shocking case. Not necessarily innocent vs evil, more like a psychotic episode being met with stupidity and complete incompetence.

Wasnt Chovane also in an EDS? Most people underestimate the amount of violence and drugs needed to get them out of it.
Don’t condone the salute though. Just playing devil’s advocate

De rechtbank baseerde zich vooral op experten die concludeerden dat de dood hoofdzakelijk veroorzaakt werd door hersenschade door het herhaald slaan van zijn hoofd tegen de muur.

Andere experten, aangesteld door de familie, stelden dat verstikking door de fixatie waarschijnlijk meespeelde.

Maar juridisch werd uiteindelijk beslist dat er onvoldoende bewijs was voor strafrechtelijke vervolging van de agenten. Dat betekent niet noodzakelijk dat het gedrag als “aanvaardbaar” werd beschouwd.

ENG:
The court relied primarily on experts who concluded that the death was primarily caused by brain damage resulting from his head repeatedly striking the wall.

Other experts, appointed by the family, argued that suffocation due to the restraints likely played a role.

However, it was ultimately determined in court that there was insufficient evidence to prosecute the officers. That does not necessarily mean that the conduct was considered “acceptable”.

I really wonder where all that “never again” rhetoric went. People are doing more and more nazi shit out in the open, and nobody is doing anything about it.