2023-05-02 13:25:02
The book “Sale Flic” by Philippe Engels and Thomas Haulotte, published at the end of April, retraces an investigation carried out by the two journalists over the past five years on the Belgian police. Its publication comes a few days before that of “Flic de m*rde”, which will appear on Wednesday as part of the awareness campaign of the police union SLFP on violence once morest the police.
“Sale Flic” looks at the excesses of the police, in particular on January 24, 2021, when a demonstration degenerated in Brussels and the authorities arrested the demonstrators en masse, including many minors. Several testimonies will denounce beatings and sexist and racist insults in the cells of the barracks of Etterbeek.
Journalists also highlight a feeling of powerlessness among many law enforcement officials who are no longer able to fight organized crime. They also note the racist and violent excesses within the police. Some leave the profession, others commit suicide in the face of accumulated stress. The authors also return to the agents killed in the exercise of their function in recent years.
Authoritarian drifts
In parallel, the suspicious deaths of citizens, in the cells as well as in the street, are addressed. Generally presented as natural deaths, accidents or suicides, they have aroused indignation in public opinion and contribute to the growing feeling of fear and hatred towards the forces of order which is characterized by an increase in acts of violence once morest the police.
The book then raises the question of the general state of the Belgian police and points to a dysfunction characterized by authoritarian excesses during demonstrations in Brussels, deaths in intervention or in cells, increased surveillance in certain districts of the capital or in Antwerp with questionable practices and a lack of manpower.
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