Police Brutality is NOT tolerated in Greece

Police Brutality is NOT tolerated by the Greek people.

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Police officer charged as Greece falls deeper into turmoil
5 hours ago

ATHENS (AFP) — A fifth day of clashes between youths and police, plus a general strike, plunged Greece deeper into turmoil Wednesday as two policemen were charged over the killing of a teenager that sparked the unrest.

Despite a vow by Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis to restore order, demonstrators battled security forces outside the Greek parliament as the nationwide work stoppage halted flights in and out of Greece and closed banks, schools and some hospital services.

About a hundred police in riot gear defended the legislature against thousands of demonstrators angered at the death of 15-year-old Alexis Grigoropoulos.

Turning their sights on Karamanlis’s right-wing government, the protesters chanted: “Sack Karamanlis.”

The controversy heightened with initial ballistics results indicating Grigoropoulos was killed by a bullet ricochet , legal sources said.

Protesters hurled petrol bombs as Alexis Kouyias, a lawyer for the police officers involved in the fatal shooting, was preparing to talk to reporters. Police said the youths responsible were friends of the dead boy.

Epaminondas Korkoneas, 37, was charged with voluntary homicide and “illegal use” of his service weapon. He was ordered to remain in custody by an Athens magistrate.

His partner, Vassilios Saraliotis, 31, was charged with being an accomplice and will also remain in custody. The pair have been held since Sunday.

According to the charge sheet, Korkoneas is alleged to have killed Grigoropoulos on Saturday during a clash with around 30 youths in the central Athens district of Exarchia.

Under questioning by a magistrate, the source said Korkoneas indicated he had acted out of self defence when the group began throwing firebombs and other objects while shouting that they “were going to kill them.”

Contrast the above with American politicians that not only do not mention American police brutality in their campaigns, but covet police votes. If an American gets killed by a policeman all he has to do to get off is put a magical legal phrase in his police report. That magical phrase says that the officer was “afraid for his life”. Works almost every time! Because of that magical phrase, many murdering policemen have been absolved of any crime without even a trial. Most police discipline in America is handled by the police chief.

Not only does American government not prosecute for police brutality, but the American courts even prosecute the VICTIMS of police brutality. They call touching a police officer A & B on a police officer and charge the victims with felony crimes that merit two years in jail. Most of the time the American courts let the victim go after he has paid a lawyer $20,000 to prove that he is innocent of touching a police officer while pushing away the pepper spray or some other fabricated charge.

I applaud the Greek people for their intolerance of police brutality. Reminds me of the way Americans used to be. (Remember studying about the Boston Massacre or the Boston Tea Party?)

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