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Tuesday, July 2, 2024
Police internal affairs division says cop who shoved MK at protest must be disciplined
Jeremy Sharon is The Times of Israel’s legal affairs and settlements reporter
The Department for Internal Police Investigations (DIPI) announces that it has instructed the Israel Police’s disciplinary unit to hold a disciplinary hearing for a police officer who shoved MK Gilad Kariv during an anti-government demonstration in Tel Aviv in February.
Video footage from the incident showed Kariv, an MK for the Labor party, engaged in an angry exchange with the police officer in question, who then shoved Kariv twice.
DIPI says the police officer had no authority to use force against the MK.
Complaints of police violence against anti-government protestors have mounted in recent months, leading the Public Defender’s Office to strongly criticize DIPI last week for failing to deal with the growing problem.
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