The mayor of Oviedo, Alfredo Canteli (PP), has referred this Tuesday to what happened in Florida last Friday, when a Local Police officer dressed in civilian clothes fired three shots at a vehicle on the esplanade of the San Lázaro well of Paniceres who fled from the agents when the documentation was required. “Something happened there that is not very well understood,” said the mayor, who points out that it might have been a “misunderstanding.”
In a statement to the media following discovering the street sign dedicated to the doctor Jaime Baladrón, Canteli has remarked that this is an issue “that is judicialized”. “Those things shouldn’t happen, but it happened, the judge will say what has to be,” he added.
Asked if he supported the actions of the agents and if he saw it as proportionate, the councilor from Oviedo pointed out that he “always” supports the actions of the agents “until the contrary is proven.” “We have to wait,” he said, to what the judge in charge of the case decides. “I have neither the capacity nor should I give an opinion on this case,” he insisted.
The mayor has also assured that he defends youth “by system” and that in this case “it is difficult to assess who is right.” “Defense to the police, always, to the youth, too”, he has settled.
