The police who shot a dark skinned man in Husby, Stockholm, ruled he did so in self defence. Opponents are not surprise and say there is no value in dark skinned people in Sweden

Wednesday, 07 August 2013

The investigation into the police officer who shot a 69-year-old man to death in Husby that led to wide spread rioting and property destruction in the suburbs of Stockholm, Sweden has been dropped.  The verdict according to police's own investigation is that the police officer did so in self-defence. Opponent sees it as a verdict to the inferior value of a dark skinned man in Sweden.

The Chief Prosecutor drops the preliminary investigation against the police suspected of manslaughter according to an announcement that came on earlier today. But the spokesman of the organisation  Megafonens, Rami Al-Khamisi told radio Sweden that  "I'm disappointed, but not surprised. I am disappointed and frustrated, but not surprised. We have from the outset wanted an independent investigation."

"I have come to the conclusion that there has apparently been no crime committed here. The man started an attack and the police acted in self-defense," says prosecutor Eva Finné at the National Unit for police communictation.

The Police was called to Husby outside the Swedish capital, Stockholm on May 13 this year, where  a man was in an apartment with his wife and a knife. The man waved a knife on the balcony and the police perceived him as intimidating and aggressive. The police claim that despite various attempts to calm the man whom they thought was about to hurt his wife failed.
The Police is said to have broken into the man's apartment and as they were about to  arrest him he  attack with a machete or knife  and one of the officers then fired a shot against the man's head at about a meter away. Another police officer fired a shot against the man's leg, but missed.

Before the deadly shot, the police is said to have fired warning shots inside the apartment and also sprayed him with pepper spray and thrown distraction grenades to separate the spouses.
The fact that there were several police officers in the apartment, prosecutor Eva Finné feels that they were in such a position that the police officer who fired the fatal shot did not manifestly act indefensibly.

Rami Al-Khamisi does not trust and believe in the police and feels that the police will do all to cover their backs after all, a black life is worth nothing in Sweden. That prosecutors will also not give due attention in relation to justice to the black life given its value and told radio Sweden that going forward…
"We'll say here that his is not the first time police have committed big mistakes against us. We are asking the question how it could necessarily be self-defence when several police officers go into an apartment where there is a man who is only armed with a knife. It is difficult to understand that it would be self-defence if the police go in and kills an old man," says Rami Al-Khamisi.
by Scancomark.com Team