JERUSALEM (VINnews) — The brother of Chaim Mizrachi, the Charedi man who was allegedly brutally beaten and viciously abused by Israeli police, has been arrested, despite having done nothing wrong. Several hours later he was released, and police claimed that the arrest was a mistake.
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Rafael Mizrachi was arrested Tuesday while working at a Jerusalem kiosk. According to reports, the police claimed that he was suspected of theft, however Mr. MIzrachi vehemently denied the charges. His brother Chaim said that he was told by the victim of the theft that his brother did nothing wrong.
The mother of the two young men said, “The police are not stable. Why should we need to be afraid of policemen?”
Social activist Ariel Elharar tweeted about the arrest, saying “Chaim Mizrachi just called me, but the only words I could make out were ‘Please do not let them attack him’….Then his mother told me that Rafael was arrested at work, and the store owner and Rafael himself have no idea who the source of the accusations is.”
מאז הוכה חיים מזרחי לפני כ-3 שבועות באכזריות בידי שוטרים אני בקשר איתו. הוא עדיין סובל מפגיעות פיזיות ובעיקר נפשיות. היום נעצר אחיו במעצר שווא ושוחרר כעבור זמן קצר. התנכלות עבריינית למשפחה חפה מכל פשע. לא אנוח ולא אשקוט עד שיפוצו הקורבנות וייענשו השוטרים הסדיסטים. https://t.co/vHkCJj9RcM
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Later in the day, Elharar tweeted again, saying: “ He was detained in the Russian compound, and after the insane suffering that the Mizrachi family had to go through again, Rafael was released due to mistaken identity. The family asked the police why he was arrested for no reason, without investigating first, and the mother was told that her son resembled the thief. Disaster.”
Several weeks ago, the police were accused of severe brutality against Chaim Mizrachi, for no apparent reason other than him being Charedi. He was injured so badly that he visited the hospital twice, and the judge reprimanded the arresting detectives and ordered an investigation, which is reportedly ongoing.
Truly unbelievable. And these are so-called Jewish police. They are the worst and the lowest, the brutality must stop!
For this people should make aliyah?
now you know why americans are not interested to make aliya
oy
it could be time the charadim planned ahead and fight back against police terrorism….
Statsi tactics of familial intimidation. And then they wonder why we despise them
Should we be more concerned about the police torturing people or that they are torturing the wrong sort of people?