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Police will review conduct of policemen during Haredi protest

The police announced that they would review the conduct of the policemen during the a demonstration, during which a policeman was captured on film approaching one Haredi man and violently pushing him to the ground

 

Thousands of enraged Haredim protested the arrest of the grandson of the spiritual leader of Toldot Avraham Yitzchak Rabbi Shmuel Yaakov Kohn for draft dodging.

 

"Anything suspected as exceeding authority or employing disproportionate force will be examined to the Police Investigations Unit."

 

The police added that the ultra-Orthodox protest was particularly violent, and that hundreds of ultra-Orthodox rioted and attacked police officers.

 

It was also reported that some of the demonstrators threw stones and other objects at the police, and that seven policemen were injured and needed medical treatment.

 


פרסום ראשון: 09.17.17, 19:03