A man presented himself to the police at the police station Local Police of Vinaròs, in Castellón, for abuse of power. According to him, five police officers restrained him last January, but it is now that the complaint has been admitted and the local magistrate’s court is investigating what happened.
According to the complainant’s version, he went to the police station to testify when he discovered that his 20-year-old son had taken his car and crashed into a garbage truck and, out of fear, he decided to run away.
“The intention was to fix it and see what I had to pay and pay it“, says the victim, who was subdued by five police officersas seen in security camera footage. In these you can see how the officers reduce him, throw him to the ground and put him in handcuffs.
After that, the man decided to report them for abuse of authority, because They practiced the mataleón techniquewhich caused him multiple physical injuries to his throat, neck and trachea; and also psychological, such as panic attacks, depression and fear of leaving the house for fear of encountering the police.
The plaintiff claims that officers insisted on taking a private statement from his son and he refused without an attorney present. That’s when everything exploded. “And he told me ‘if you don’t let me, I’m going to break your neck,'” the victim recalls. After that, the policeman told him: “Take a good look at your son, it’s the last thing you’ll see.“.
LaSexta contacted the Vinarós town hall but it refused to give its version of the altercation.
