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Far-right MK said to be probed on charges of police brutality in 2013
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Otzma Yehudit MK Almog Cohen speaks during a rally in support of the government's planned judicial overhaul, in Tel Aviv on June 1, 2023. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
Otzma Yehudit MK Almog Cohen is reportedly being investigated over allegations he used violence against a civilian while serving as a police officer more than a decade ago.
According to Hebrew media reports, Cohen is being questioned about an alleged violent act he carried out in 2013 while a Yasam officer, after the MK posted a photo online last year with an image of him forcefully holding down several people and the caption “those below remember what I did in the army.”
The reports say that a complaint was filed around the time of the incident but closed when the officer in question could not be identified, but after Cohen’s post surfaced online, the complainants came forward again and the attorney general ordered the case reopened.
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