Israel Police has been instructed to compensate a chareidi man in the amount of NIS 106,000 for unjustifiable violence used against him during an arrest, including the use of a taser gun.
The story began five years ago, when the plaintiff and friends in Bnei Brak were surprised to see police following them. They stopped on the side and began videoing the police but the latter decided filming them was not permitted and placed them under arrest.
The police jumped the person videoing and held him as he, the plaintiff, tried to move his camera and continue filming as he was being restrained. After a few seconds, the police informed him he is under arrest and then he fired his taser at him, striking him in an arm. He was then knocked to the ground and tasered a second time.
Despite being injured, police refused a request to call an ambulance for the plaintiff and only after being brought to the Ramat Gan police station was he taken to a local hospital for treatment. The plaintiff filed a complaint with the Justice Ministry Police Investigation Unit and sued for damages.
Police agreed to a settlement of NIS 106,000, which was presented to and accepted by the court.
Attorney Itamar Ben-Givir told the press “I hope this settlement will send a message to police who use their tasers. The time has come that police today realize this is not a game and unauthorized use of a taser will result in the person being hauled into court”.
(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)
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Are we supposed to believe that the police tasered him and he wasn’t doing anything other than videoing them
Not knowing anything about the story its much more likely there was some legitimate suspicion at the very least, but the police haven’t any proof of it so they lost in court