A video from Meschede currently outrags many people.
It shows a police officer stepping on a homeless person.
Meschede -
A video is currently circulating
in
Meschede that
leaves many viewers speechless.
Witnesses
posted
a 39-second
clip
on the Internet
depicting
a police officer
(* FR reported)
you can see a homeless woman
falling
on her
bicycle
.
Meschede: Police officers push homeless people to the ground
In the video, a
police car
with a
hazard warning light is
on the street in Meschede, North Rhine-Westphalia.
An officer has left the vehicle and walks around a woman who is probably on her bicycle.
According to the
West
, the woman is said to be an elderly
homeless person who is well
known in the city
.
She holds on to her bike, leans on it, and does not act aggressively.
The officer seems to be talking to her, but what the conversation is about cannot be understood.
About halfway through the video you can see the officer
pressing
his
foot
against the homeless person's bike
.
This is easy at first, but then he kicks the wheel again. The lady then falls to the
ground
with her wheel
.
Police: woman seemed impassive
But
the woman does not get
help
from the policeman, because instead he stands in front of the woman lying on the ground - then the video ends.
The
police in the Hochsauerlandkreis (North Rhine-Westphalia) responded
on
: “We have the images and are currently being evaluated.
A preliminary investigation has been initiated. "
In a further
message
, the police authorities presented the incident as follows: A police officer noticed a cyclist on his patrol ride who was lying on a stationary bicycle.
He spoke to her several times, but the woman did not respond.
Your indifference
can also be seen in the video.
Many Mesheder also describe the homeless lady as withdrawn and sometimes
aggressive
.
“The intervention of the officer, which can be seen in the pictures, seems unprofessional.
In particular, we regret that the woman fell to the ground.
We are currently checking the behavior of the police officer, ”said Holger Glaremin, press spokesman for the Hochsauerlandkreis district police authority.
Criticism also came from the “Polizei Grün eV” association: “There is no excuse for such behavior.
It is a serious violation of human dignity. ”The woman was not injured and was able to push her bike a little later, the police said.
* FR
is part of the nationwide Ippen-Digital editors network.
