On the ground and surrounded by at least five people who beat him. This is how the policeman who shot a young man during the demonstration held on Friday in Santiago is observed. The video was shared by deputy Jorge Alessandri (UDI), who insisted that “we believe and know that the use of the service weapon is fully justified.”
Deputy Jorge Alessandri (UDI) shared on his social networks a video that shows an attack on the carabinero who used his service weapon during the demonstration on Friday in Santiago.
In the 10-minute record, the traffic officer is observed surrounded by at least five people who attack him.
The above generates the cash falls to the ground, at which point other subjects also approach to hit him. After that, a shot is heard.
Video that the parliamentarian published as: “Unpublished images of the moment in which the Carabinero is brutally attacked in zone 0 last Friday. We believe and know that the use of the service weapon is fully justified.”
Unpublished images of the moment in which the Carabinero is brutally attacked in zone 0 last Friday. We believe and know that the use of the service weapon is fully justified. pic.twitter.com/JvKgUxckPv
– Jorge Alessandri V. (@jalessandri) March 27, 2022
Then he questioned: “To those who came out vociferously to ask for a summary and refoundation, I ask if they will have the humility to apologize and sue the aggressors.”
It is a “conclusive” video
After the video was broadcast, Octavio Sufán, head of the Study Unit of the North Metropolitan Ombudsman, indicated that the record “is conclusive and shows the last moments of an illegitimate aggression suffered by three police officers.”
“In it, the context is given, how the police officer is beaten on the ground and the situation of tension that existed at the time is also observed. From that perspective, we believe that our thesis of legitimate defense is fully ratified,” he added.
The events occurred in the context of the demonstration called by the Confech, where a young man was shot, who was later confirmed was not a student but a delivery man who was passing by.
After that, the Prosecutor’s Office launched an investigation and the government asked Carabinieri an internal summary for clarify the circumstances in which the officer used his service weapon.
From the institution they broadcast an audio to inform a previous attack of which the carabineros had been victims who diverted traffic in Diagonal Paraguay with the Alameda.
Carabinero is released
With the records collected by the justice, the Public Ministry decided to release the accused because legitimate defense would be configured.
According to the public criminal defender Octavio Sufán -who together with the lawyer Pablo Sanzana assumed the representation of the policeman- it was possible to establish that the carabinero was carrying out traffic control tasks at the time in which he was approached by a mob, a version that was ratified by the victim.
“Our client, following being approached by a group of regarding 20 protesters who beat him to the ground, drew his service weapon to disperse the young people, shooting at the ground. And according to early reports, the bullet would have ricocheted, injuring a person outside the protest, and that resulted in a minor subcutaneous wound”Sufan commented.
