Denmark - 2012
Is there evidence of police violence against migrants/minorities in custody?
- Code:
- RED51
- Key Area:
- Policing - Law Enforcement - Justice
- Strand(s):
- Racism
| Short Answer |
Yes. |
| Qualitative Info |
In January 2011, a young man of turkish descent died of a heart attack as a result of a struggle with prison officers while he was being held in custody. According to the hospital's journal, the officers put the young man in the so-called Total Appendage Restraint Position (TARP), during which he lost consciousness and never regained it. The authorities claim that his death was unconnected with the police's use of force and that, instead, he died of so-called exited delirium. This conclusion has been criticised by medical professional as a mere impossibility; moreover, it is only in police custody that people appear to be dying from exited delirium. |
| Data | |
| Groups affected/interested | Migrants, Ethnic minorities, Majority |
| Type (R/D) | |
| Key socio-economic / Institutional Areas | Policing - law enforcement |
| External Url | http://www.dr.dk/P1/P1Dokumentar/Udsendelser/2011/11/23133348.htm |
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