Al-Qia’an family slams lack of indictments for cops at Umm al-Hiran

The family of Yaqoub Mousa Abu Al-Qia’an slams the Justice Ministry’s Police Internal Investigations Department over reports it is set to recommend no indictments against any police officers in the deadly January incident in Umm al-Hiran that left al-Qia’an and officer Erez Levi dead.

“It’s inconceivable that no one will be brought to justice for the unnecessary loss of life of a citizen and a police officer,” the family says in a statement.

The decision should “worry every citizen in the country and keep us up nights,” the statement adds. “After all, it means that, in practice, law enforcement is not held to the same rules that apply to all other citizens. Once the state sends that message to its police officers, then we, as law-abiding citizens, are dependent on the good graces of officers who just received a license to kill without consequences.”