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Police on the island Mikonos beat a 45-year-old man who was in a state Hypoglycemic shocktaking him for a drug addict.
A man who had just set off from a ferry felt an approach Hypoglycemic shock. “I drove by car about 50-60 meters, stopped and lost consciousness”– said the victim of the police of several media.
He noted that he could neither speak nor move, but soon ended up in handcuffs. “When I came to my senses, I saw how the police pull me out and shout:“ What did you accept? Cocaine? ”” He added. “They tied my hands behind me and pulled me”– the man recalled, adding that the police grabbed him and pulled him out of the car, using Physical and verbal violence.
“One pulled me, grabbing my leg under the seat and jerked it strongly, striking back and forth. The other hit my head on the door. They put on handcuffs, having hands behind their backs “– said a man who has diabetes Diagnosed from the age of 25.
He was taken to the local police stationwhere they said: “When they put on handcuffs, there may be a little violence”.
The man spent another 45 minutes in the site before he was taken to the local Medical center. “I could die, at a low level of blood sugar, a stroke can happen”– he emphasized, describing the incident with police violence. “A friend who called me saved me. I shouted to them that my sugar level fell. Then they took me to the medical center “– said the victim.
The man’s father told the media that in the medical center his son was in serious danger: “The level of sugar in the blood fell to 53 or 58, and the doctor said that he had 10-15 minutes”.
Greek police refuted media reports and on May 6 issued a statement, claiming what happened “Distortion of facts of police intervention”. According to their version, the car driver “He refused to submit to the instructions of the police, shouted and gestured”.
The police said that the car was near the coastline, and, given its location and the engine, existed Increased risk of accidentthreatening the life of the driver, police and passers -by. In this context, according to them, they acted “Professionally and restrained”detaining and safely pulling the driver out of the car, which was then removed from the place. The victim suits the police.
The lawyer of the victim called the incident abuse of power. He told Mega TV: “Here the crime is not in beating or using force to a citizen, where the police can say that for handcuffs it is necessary to use force. Serious here is the abuse of power. Why put on handcuffs on a semi -conscious person in a car on the sidelines and take him to the station? There is no crime or suspicion of a crime “.
The lawyer added: “They found a semi -conscious person and, instead of calling an ambulance, put on his handcuffs and took him to the site.”. He emphasized that this abuse of powerand this is confirmed by the police statement, despite its careful wording.
According to him, when a friend of the victim called and shouted that the man was a diabetic, one of the police officers gave him a little sugar, after which he was taken to the medical center. The injured, famous businessman on Mikonos and the father of three children plans file a lawsuit Against the police.
PS: It seems that for the Greek police it is completely normal to beat and apply violence to drug addicts, right?
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