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Case against cop who beat Ethiopian soldier to be reopened

20 March 2017, 8:24 pm
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Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit will re-open the case against a police officer filmed beating up an Israeli soldier of Ethiopian descent and fired from his job but never prosecuted.

Likud MK Avraham Neguise in a statement praises Mandelblit for making an “honorable decision,” and urges authorities to re-investigate other closed cases involving discrimination of Ethiopian Israelis.

Video footage of Damas Pakada’s violent arrest in 2015 reawakened anger in the Ethiopian community over perceived institutional discrimination and racism and touched off a string of rallies and protests against police brutality.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with Damas Pakada, an Israeli Ethiopian soldier who was allegedly assaulted by police officers, at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, May 4, 2015. (photo credit: Haim Zach/GPO)
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with Damas Pakada, an Israeli Ethiopian soldier who was allegedly assaulted by police officers, at the Prime Minister’s Office in Jerusalem, May 4, 2015. (photo credit: Haim Zach/GPO)

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