EUROPA PRESS Madrid
Madrid
Updated Monday, April 1, 2024-17:36
Events They call for Marlaska's resignation in a protest called in Lavapiés against a controversial police action
Events They criticize a police intervention in Madrid that the Interior attributes to the violence of the detainees
The Ministry of the Interior has opened an ex officio investigation through its National Office for the Guarantee of Human Rights (ONGADH) regarding the
police action in the Madrid neighborhood of Lavapiés
this weekend after
the events that occurred in a " brawl."
During the weekend,
Sumar and other government partners asked for explanations
, considering that racism was incurred due to the excessive force of the agents.
According to sources from the Ministry of the Interior,
the department headed by Fernando Grande-Marlaska has officially opened information
in relation to the police intervention "on the events that occurred in the brawl in Lavapiés", in case this action reveals
an "alleged violation of fundamental rights".
The ONGADH is an office dependent on the Inspection of Security Personnel and Services of the General Directorate of Coordination and Studies of the Secretariat of State for Security.
This office, created in February 2022, is tasked with
ensuring compliance by the State Security Forces and Corps with national and international standards
that guarantee respect for the fundamental rights of people, as recalled by the Interior.
Specifically, the ONGADH acts as a "monitoring, coordination and evaluation mechanism that helps to make visible and promote the commitment of the State Security Forces and Corps in respect for human rights, for which it
analyzes facts and actions
that may "reveal an alleged violation of people's fundamental rights during a police action."
The Government claims proportionality
The Government Delegation in Madrid reported this Sunday that an investigation had been opened into the actions of
National Police agents last Friday in Lavapiés
, and that it went viral on social networks.
According to sources from the Madrid Police Headquarters this weekend, the agents arrested two people in Lavapiés this Friday for attacking authority after both individuals had a rather hostile attitude towards the police, leaving one of them they injured.
"At this time an investigation is open in this regard.
Proportionality is and should be a main component of police action
," highlighted the Government delegate in the Community of Madrid, Francisco Martín, on his social networks in response to a deputy. from Más Madrid.
Government partners see racism
The spokespersons for this party in the City Council and the Assembly, Rita Maestre and Manuela Bergerot, respectively,
charged this Saturday against the "racism"
that they see in the video of the police operation that has gone viral on social networks.
"It includes what appears to be an attack in the Lavapiés neighborhood, by two
agents of the National Police against two young men
, where cruelty can be perceived, which does not seem to respond to a moderate protocol of police action," said the spokesperson for Add in Congress, Íñigo Errejón.