ČR to pay CZK 1 million in damages in police brutality case
ČTK |
6 March 2013
Brno, March 5 (CTK) - The Czech Republic, represented by the Interior Ministry, must pay one million crowns as damages to the son of a Vietnamese man who died after a brutal police raid in January 2009, judge Jan Sedlacek Tuesday.
The boy, aged 18, claimed 50 million crowns.
The killed foreigner's mother also claims the sum. The trial will continue in mid-April.
The boy is likely to appeal the verdict.
Sedlacek said the Czech legal order did not know the notion of exemplary punishment. As the lawyer representing the victim's son claimed 50 million crowns as damages for the crime, he, in fact, demanded this, he added.
Sedlacek said the court could not comply with the claim and was forced to substantially lower the damages.
The benchmark sum of 240,000 crowns served for the quantification of the damages, Sedlacek said, adding that it was usually paid for causing someone's death in the Czech Republic.
"I have substantially increased the sum. The first reason was that before his death, the foreigner suffered cruel agony. The second was the fact that the boy lost his father at the age of only 14 years," Sedlacek said.
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The cost in these cases is more than money -- it's the loss of trust and respect for police. Police use of excessive force, corruption and other misconduct hurts everyone – including the police -- in terms of lost cooperation, support and trust – which, in turn, diminishes their effectiveness. And remember: policing in a democracy is best accomplished by those who are carefully selected, well-trained and led, controlled in their use of force, honest, courteous to every person, and closely in touch with the communities they serve. For more, follow one police reformer’s blog at http://improvingpolice.wordpress.com and my new book on how to improve police.