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The clashes went viral: the protest and the corona led to a wave of complaints about "shaming" by police

Along with a host of factors that have increased friction with the public, and sponsored by an array headed by the police's 'shaming officer', the number of complaints filed by police on cyberbullying has almost doubled in two years, standing at more than 300 cases a year.

In addition, police sought to remove about 80 posts from the network last year

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Wednesday, 25 November 2020, 17:34 Updated: Thursday, 26 November 2020, 18:00

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In the video: Documentation of citizens cursing police officers (from social networks)

Superintendent Lior Tzadok, head of the field of violence against police on the Internet, was nicknamed the "Sheaming Officer" of the Israel Police.

In the past two years, he says, there has been a significant jump in the number of police complaints and civil lawsuits against civilians for defamation and libel online.

"In 2017 we received 118 complaints from police officers, in 2018 it rose to 129 complaints. In 2019 there was a jump and the number of police complaints to the Sheaming officer reached 324 complaints. This year until the end of October we received 324 inquiries and it seems that by the end of the year this number will increase. ", Says Zadok.

In addition, he said, this year the police asked the Ministry of Justice to remove 84 requests to remove content from the network, and about 40 of them were indeed removed.

Walla!

NEWS It has been learned that following the complaints, a committee has been set up to investigate exceptional shaming incidents and provide financial assistance to the injured police officers.

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"By the end of the year, the number of complaints will increase."

Sheaming against a policewoman on the network

The corona and the political crisis only raised the friction between civilians and police, but the beginning of the process occurred as early as December 2016. Then, after Lt. Gen. Ephraim Bracha ended his life, then-Commissioner Roni Alsich appointed a police committee to examine online publications defaming police. "In the past, the police would not intervene, and the police would have to deal with the issue themselves." They did not know how to deal with it, "says Zadok.

Today, an entire police force is working to help in such cases." We ask the police to contact us.

In each district there is a shaming referent who gives an answer and floods me with things, we are eight officers dealing with the issue.

I get the publicity that the policeman complains about, carefully checking if there is a basis for a criminal offense.

If so, I instruct the police officer to file a complaint at one of the police stations and monitor the handling of the case.

The goal is to give backing and an answer to the police officers who experience it, "says Zadok.

He admits that sometimes there are also unjustified inquiries coming from police officers." I was approached by a police officer who claimed that someone posted a Facebook post about him giving her an unjustified report at the beach, and she even cursed The policeman in the post but did not write his name, "he says." I explained to the policeman that there is no shaming here and that there is no offense.

Even if ugly things are written, they do not always constitute a criminal offense, and I am here to look into any complaint of a police officer.

In any case, I inform the police officer that he has the full right to contact an attorney and file a civil lawsuit.

"They did not know how to handle it," a tweet against a police officer on Twitter

Among the posts that were removed was a post posted by Salomon Taka's family, in which they published a picture of the policeman who shot their son and called him a "killer."

According to Zadok, "There are publications that raise a real concern for the policeman's life, when there are cases in which a citizen also publishes the policeman's residential address. In the case of the policeman who shot Batka, he is still threatened and only this month filed more complaints with the police. advertising".

He added the extradition of personal details could result in harm to police officers.

"It is not a problem to criticize the work of the police and the work of a policeman specifically, but when a citizen decides to take revenge on a policeman through the network, publish his residential address and harm him personally, he should take into account that he also has a criminal record," Zadok clarified.

"We also had cases of policemen from the Arab sector being photographed on the Temple Mount and then a flood of responses began to them like 'traitor' and having to 'get home'. Dedicated Facebook pages have even been set up calling on people to harm them," he added.

"In such cases we involve the cyber department and locate the same people who opened these pages. We have no authority to remove content from the web. This is done through our application through the cyber department at the Ministry of Justice."

"Want a promising career? Come sleep with us"

Another case is that of Nurit (pseudonym), a veteran traffic policeman in the south, who is used to receiving ugly comments from customs - but one case completely crossed the line for her.

"I stopped to check a heavy truck driver, who was driving without a seat belt. At the same time, I noticed that the windshield of the truck was cracked, which forced me to take him off the road," she told Walla!

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"Then he posted a post in a group of truck drivers in Israel. It turns out he filmed me on video without me noticing and wrote there: she is sexually indignant, a slut and other degrading words I do not want to repeat. One of the friends sent me this post, I was shocked," she said. Nurit, who said she felt humiliated.

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"Violence is disturbing. When the march is not coordinated, it is difficult to keep the protesters safe."

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"I felt humiliated."

The compensation the policewoman received

She said she filed a police complaint against the driver.

"The investigation file is in the prosecutor's office for a decision on whether to file an indictment. At the same time, I filed a civil lawsuit against the same driver and won NIS 25,000. The sheaming officer accompanied me throughout the process."

In another post downloaded from the network at the request of the police, a picture of a policewoman appeared next to the caption: "Want a promising career? Come and sleep with us."

Sheaming against a policewoman removed from the network

Following the complaints of the police, Walla!

NEWS, A new committee has been set up in recent days headed by the Deputy Commissioner of Police and with the participation of the Attorney General, the Sheaming Officer, a National Investigations Officer and a human resources representative. The committee will meet once a month to examine significant and exceptional shaming cases experienced by police officers. The assistance was intended to be used by the same police officers, among other things, to finance a civil lawsuit lawyer.The

committee convened for the first time and has already decided to provide several thousand shekels in financial assistance to "policemen's funds" to three policemen who experienced shaming, with their personal details and photos circulated online , And submitted a request to the Financial Aid Committee. "Not every request for assistance will be approved," the police stressed, "We will discuss those cases where significant damage was done to a police officer following the shaming.

"The police are gearing up with the backing and accompaniment of police officers who were harmed in connection with the performance of their duties in order to combat this illegal phenomenon."

The protest exacerbated the phenomenon.

Policeman and demonstrator in Jerusalem (Photo: Reuven Castro)

Police officials explained in a conversation with Walla!

NEWS that the police place emphasis on the damage and consequences to a police officer who has experienced shaming on the net, and will help financially in cases that may harm his personal safety.

"For example, a police officer who publishes his personal address and distributes his picture online with calls to harm him. We will not accept shaming and slander on police officers who perform their duties legally. It is a lust for revenge," they said.

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