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Wednesday, June 3, 2020
After police killing, minister says better ways needed to identify the disabled
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GooglePublic Security Minister Amir Ohana, who is in charge of police, says Israeli authorities must look into better ways for security forces to identify special needs people in the field, after the killing of Saturday of an autistic Palestinian man by police officers who wrongly suspected he was armed.
“Maybe there are nuances that can be understood to prevent the recurrence of such incidents,” he says. “Work is being done on this and I intend to promote it.”
Ohana says the family of Iyad Halak deserves an embrace, and says he hopes there will not be an attempt to recreate violent protests in America over the killing of George Floyd by a policeman.
“I think we are in better shape [than in the US]. We need to maintain this, our coexistence.”
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