Border Guard policemen filmed beating Palestinian youth

[Scurrilous]

Israeli policemen caught on camera abusing 17-year-old Hawara teen who was on his way home from school. Local residents say life in village has become nightmare due to Border Guard violence. Border Guard chief says incident will be investigated

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3379890,00.html

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"Border Guard policemen were caught on camera beating a 17-year-old Palestinian youth at the West Bank village of Hawara, near Nablus Wednesday. The incident was documented by one of the local residents.

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"The youth, Hindawi Qawarik, told Ynet that at about 12:30 pm Wednesday, he and his friends were leaving school when they noticed a Border Guard jeep not far from them.

"I told my friends that if we pass near them, they'll hit us like they did a few weeks ago," he said.

The policemen approached the youths and questioned them regarding a stone-throwing incident that took place earlier. They then decided to detain three of the teens for further questioning.

Hindawi was one of those three. "I pretended not to hear them and kept walking, because I could still remember the beating I got last week. But one cop chased me. When I saw that he was after me I halted. He dragged me back to the direction of the jeep, and when we got there he pushed me and pinned me to the wall, so that no one will be able to see what they were doing to me."

At this point, according to Hindawi, the violence began. "Two of the policemen started hitting me in the legs with a rifle, punching me, slamming my head against the door of a nearby container, pushing me to the floor and hitting me in the head."

[UnyieldingHierophant]

1. "Can't we all just get along?"

[juno jones]

2. This is the real reason....

France and Egypt are all in a tizzy about cell phone cameras used to collect evidence of violence...most of the violence recorded and posted on blogs features the police/constabulary/enforcers breaking heads.

[Behind the Aegis]

3. Border Guard policemen admit they abused Palestinian teen

The three Border Guard policemen who were caught on camera beating a Palestinian teen in the Hawara village, near Nablus, Wednesday, were questioned Friday morning by the Police Investigation Unit in Tel Aviv.

Two of them are suspected of excessive use of force. Sources involved in the investigation said that the suspects admitted to the act.

On Thursday, Border Guard chief Hassein Fares ordered that the three policemen be suspended.

The Police Investigation Unit has also contacted the Palestinian teen, Hindawi Qawarik, who was allegedly abused by the officers and will summon him to give his testimony soon.

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Officers may face jail time

Hassein said Thursday, in response to the incident, "I view such behavior as extremely severe. The matter will be probed by the Police Investigation Unit.

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