Brussels Reporter
  • Home
  • Brussels
  • Europe
    • Europe

      Poland to make abortion ban binding

      January 27, 2021

      Europe

      Spain snowstorm: Madrid’s farming sector estimates €6 million…

      January 27, 2021January 27, 2021

      Europe

      German start-up company makes 120,000 FFP2 masks a…

      January 27, 2021January 27, 2021

      Europe

      Dutch police out in force to prevent further…

      January 26, 2021January 26, 2021

      Europe

      French teachers strike in Paris over government’s response…

      January 26, 2021January 27, 2021

  • Globe
  • Lifestyle
  • Business

Brussels Reporter

  • Home
  • Brussels
  • Europe
    • Europe

      Poland to make abortion ban binding

      January 27, 2021

      Europe

      Spain snowstorm: Madrid’s farming sector estimates €6 million…

      January 27, 2021January 27, 2021

      Europe

      German start-up company makes 120,000 FFP2 masks a…

      January 27, 2021January 27, 2021

      Europe

      Dutch police out in force to prevent further…

      January 26, 2021January 26, 2021

      Europe

      French teachers strike in Paris over government’s response…

      January 26, 2021January 27, 2021

  • Globe
  • Lifestyle
  • Business
Home Brussels Belgian police say MEP who accused them of racist violence insulted them
BrusselsFeatured

Belgian police say MEP who accused them of racist violence insulted them

by editor June 29, 2020June 30, 2020
June 29, 2020June 30, 2020

Belgian authorities have moved to open an investigation into allegations that a black MEP insulted police officers whom she has accused of using racist violence against her.

Earlier this month, Pierrette Herzberger-Fofana, a 71-year-old MEP from the Greens group, took the floor in the European Parliament to tell her colleagues that she had filed a legal complaint against several Belgian police officers who had “brutally pressed” her against a wall to search for documents.

Herzberger-Fofana said the incident on June 16 occurred after she tried to use her mobile phone to film police “harassing” black youths near Gare du Nord in Brussels. The officers refused to believe her when she said she was an MEP, she said. “I consider this as a racist and discriminatory act,” she declared.

Belgian police denied the accusations but have also launched an investigation into the incident. However, it has emerged that Herzberger-Fofana could herself be the subject of an investigation.

A police spokesperson said Monday that, as is routine, police officers filed a report of the incident to a judge from the public prosecutor’s office. The judge then “asked them to draft an official report for verbal insult,” said Audrey Dereymaeker, a spokesperson for the Brussels police northern headquarters.

“The drafting of the report is the first step to an investigation for insult,” Dereymaeker said.

Dereymaeker said that during the incident “there was a problem concerning Mrs.Herzberger-Fofana’s identity papers,” and “she was searched by a female colleague.”

She said that, according to police, the MEP did not resist physically but committed “an outrage regarding the terms she used.”

Herzberger-Fofana could not immediately be reached for comment. However, she has previously strongly denied insulting the police officers.

Following the incident, European Parliament President David Sassoli urged Belgian Prime Minister Sophie Wilmès to take “immediate and necessary measures” and “resolve this painful case as soon as possible.” Wilmès replied that an investigation had been launched into the complaint.

Source link

previous post
Huawei data flows under fire in German court case
next post
Poles abroad complain they missed out in swift presidential election

Related Posts

EU Confidential #176, presented by Equinor: Vaccine hopes...

November 12, 2020

Wallonia’s exports reach record highs

April 23, 2019

Ryanair welcomes ruling against compensation for clients affected...

February 27, 2019

Wouter Beke wants to strengthen Christian Democratic family

February 9, 2019

500 students in the streets of Brussels for...

March 21, 2019

MEPs will go back to Strasbourg in September

July 2, 2020

Climate rally announced for Sunday outside P.M.’s Office

December 12, 2018

Corruption case against cycling legend Eddy Merckx dropped

February 14, 2019

Brussels waste management staff get productivity premium as...

May 17, 2019

Molenbeek announces police presence around mosques

March 19, 2019
Promotion Image

Recent Posts

  • Poland to make abortion ban binding
  • Spain snowstorm: Madrid’s farming sector estimates €6 million loss from Filomena
  • Biden to sign executive orders on environment
  • German start-up company makes 120,000 FFP2 masks a day
  • Biden raises election meddling with Putin in first phone call
Promotion Image

GO!

Lifestyle

  • Scientists are using satellites to count elephants from space for the first time

  • France: Hospital workers demand more resources to fight COVID-19

  • Alexei Navalny: Millions watch jailed critic's 'Putin palace' film

  • Covid vaccine: WHO warns of ‘catastrophic moral failure’

  • Belgium looks good in white

Popular Posts

  • 1

    Beware of scammING. Dirty money of famous bank

    October 6, 2020
  • 2

    Norway: No link established after post-COVID-19 vaccination deaths, says health authority

    January 18, 2021
  • 3

    Biden inauguration: Fireworks light up Washington DC sky as Hollywood A-list turns out to celebrate

    January 21, 2021

Editor’s Choices

  • European Parliament will set up vaccination centers for MEPs, staff and locals

    January 21, 2021
  • Why ‘equal access’ to coronavirus vaccines is failing poor countries

    January 20, 2021
  • Merkel era may only just be beginning

    January 16, 2021

Opinions

  • Poland to make abortion ban binding

    January 27, 2021
  • AstraZeneca CEO: EU vaccine contract is ‘not a commitment’

    January 27, 2021
  • Rich countries ‘hoarding’ vaccines, says South Africa’s president

    January 26, 2021

@2018-2021 - Brussels Reporter (www.brusselsreporter.com). All Right Reserved.