Knitted News07.12.21 09:03 Tuesday in Tevet
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time journalist Gidi Weitz was arrested last night by police outside his home, after during a police operation near his home he turned to the police and asked to know what it was about.
Weitz told police he had questions about his job as a journalist, but police handcuffed him and took him to Lev Tel Aviv station. With the intervention of the station commander he was released after a short time.
His colleague, time police and criminal correspondent Josh Brainer, wrote: “The most honest man I know has been arrested in vain. My colleague Gidi Weitz. “One of the policemen did not like it and from then on, a complete delusion: the policeman stopped Gidi, handcuffed his hands and feet, ordered a mobile and he was taken to Lev Tel Aviv station, where the shoelaces were also taken from him.”
An Arab arrest that humiliated police officers in Jerusalem. Archive (Police Spokeswoman)
Brainer improved that “he was subjected to a humiliating search. Just before he was put in the detention cell with criminals, the station commander arrived who also seemed delusional and was released. With the laces on. Not in Tel Aviv. scandal”.
time reporter Revital Hovel also attacked the police and wrote: “The police spin machine works fast. Gidi Weitz spoke to me on the phone in real time. “They immediately started threatening him. They did not like the questions. He made it clear to them that he was a journalist. I heard that. A moment later he was arrested.”
News 13’s legal correspondent, Baruch Kara, wrote: “That someone from the police will soon be held accountable for Gidi Weitz’s arrest.”
Journalist Aviad Glickman wrote: “What the Israeli police did to Gidi Weitz is a shame and a disgrace. Just like in Turkey. Hopefully someone will pay the price and big time.”
The journalists ‘organization told Srugim: “The journalists’ organization takes very seriously the incident in which time journalist Gidi Weitz was arrested yesterday on false pretenses, after identifying himself to the police as a journalist.”
“The unbearable ease with which a person can be arrested, just because he asked a number of questions, should keep sleep out of our eyes. We demand that the Commissioner of Police investigate the incident in question and refine the manner in which police officers deal with journalists.”
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