The acquittal of the Dutch police officer, who shot unarmed Rishi Chandrikasing, a Dutch
citizen of colour, is an absolute scandal. Cop claimed self defence, while Rishi was running away,
didn't try to reanimate him [he was living after hit by the bullet] and shot when moving [against police
instruction]. But it fits a long tradition of Dutch police violence, racist or other.
A broad protest in society is necessary. No Justice, no peace!
citizen of colour, is an absolute scandal. Cop claimed self defence, while Rishi was running away,
didn't try to reanimate him [he was living after hit by the bullet] and shot when moving [against police
instruction]. But it fits a long tradition of Dutch police violence, racist or other.
A broad protest in society is necessary. No Justice, no peace!
DUTCH POLICE OFFICER, WHO SHOT RISHI CHANDRIKASING, ACQUITTED
/COURT GIVES THE POLICE LICENCE TO KILL
AUF DER FLUCHT ERSCHOSSEN
SEE ALSO
http://www.astridessed.nl/dutch-police-officer-who-shot-rishi-chandrikasing-acquittedcourt-gives-police-licence-to-kill/
Dear Readers,
Not only the acquittal of the Dutch policeofficer, who shot Rishi
Chandrikasing to death, is an absolute scandal, it's also a great risk.
For when a cop, who caused the death of a defenseless, unarmed civilian, is going
to work again, he is a great danger to society.
It can happen again.
Now there are people, who allege. that Rishi himself was no peach either [or to put it otherwise:
had a criminal record] [1], doesn't matter at all.
Fact is, that any human being, whether ''respected citizen'' or not, has a right to life and protection
of his/hers life, and that thew police has no right to end that life, when tere is no obvious case of self
defence.
And there wasn't, since Rishi was running for the police [2]
FACTS
So, which are the real facts in the Rishi tragedy, which happened at 24 november anno Domini
2012
A
Police was told, that an armed man whould have treathed someone on train Station
''Hollands Spoor'' in the Hague.
B
Three police officers ran up the platform, were Rishi was standing.
C
Police commands Rishi to stand still
D
Rishi rans away
E
Police shoots at Rishi and hits him in the neck.
F
Rishi was UNARMED
Those are the FACTS about the death of Rishi Chandrikasing, a 17 year old boy from Surinamese/Indian descent [3]
Facts anyone can control [4]
THERE IS SOMETHING ROTTEN IN THE STATE OF THE NETHERLANDS/DUBIOUS
CASES CONCERNING THE SHOOTING COP/COP'S STATEMENT IS A LIE
Those are the facts, which obviously make clear, that the shooting cop is to be blamed.
AND HOW!
Because there was no reason at all to shoot.
When the cops came, the situation at Hollands Spoor was all in peace, nobody was being molested and Rishi was running away FROM the police.
But it becomes worse, because the shooting cop falsely claimed, that it was ''self defence''
According to the cop, who shot him:
''It was him or me'' [5]
Now you don't need to have studied Law to know that's bullshit, since Rishi was running away FROM the police and
thus didn't seek any confrontation.
How then it can be ''him or me'' as the shooting police officer alleged? [6]
Yet apart from the fact, that he was not alone, but with two armed collegues!
THERE IS SOMETHING ROTTEN IN THE STATE OF THE NETHERLANDS
COURT IS VIOLATING PRINCIPLE OF IMPARTIALITY
AND WANTED TO LET SHOOTING COP TAKE AWAY WITH CRIME FROM THE
BEGINNING, AS THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR
In her ruling, the Court must fullfill an independent rule
But in the case of the shooting cop, the Court did everything in its power to
let the cop free and so viiolated Rishi's right to life.
An example:
The utter nonsense statement of the Court,suggesting, that Rishi took a weapon, while running.[7]
In those situations you can do two things
Either you take a weapon and confront, or decide, not to confront and running away, what happened in the case of Rishi.
But you can't run [and thus choose not to confront] and at the same time taking a weapon.
Besides, this ''taking a weapon'' suggestion of the Court was solely based on the statement of the defendant, the shooting police
officer, who alleged, to have seen that Rishi made a ''strange'' movement in the direction of his pocket
and took a ''black object'' and that after his fall, a ''black object'' was flying into the air [8]
Stating for true a statement of a defendant, who of course wants to clear himself, without any further hard evidence, is
a travesty of independent Court ruling.
Besides [and the Court knew that when ruling], that 'flying black object was Rishi's mobile phone [9] and thus contradicted the
shooting police officer's statement.
ROTTEN, ROTTEN, ROTTEN
But there was more:
After pressure from Rishi’s family and their lawyer, the public prosecution added murder to the charge. Two weeks ago however, the prosecution pleaded for acquitting the police officer of all charges because, they believed, he had all the reason to assume that Rishi was “armed and dangerous.” The judges followed suit and even said that the additional murder charge was “undesirable and unnecessarily injurious.” [10]
And that were the judges, who had to decide, whether the police officer, who shot unarmed Rishi, was guilty or not.
That was the public prosecutor, whose task it is to prosecute defendants.
I dare say, that the Court was never independent, but wanted to clear the killing cop right from the start.
That also goes for the Public prosecutor.
Shame, rotten and disgraceful!
THERE'S SOMETHING ROTTEN IN THE STATE PF THE NETHERLANDS/POLICE
DIDN'T FIRED A WARNING SHOOT, BEFORE SHOOTING RISHI
Investigation revealed, that when the police tried to arrest Rishi, no warning shot was fired, despite
the fact, that's always the procedure before shooting.
This shows the clear risk, the police [ut Rishi trough, with death as a consequence.
It is unbelievable, but that srerious violation of Rishi's right was defended by the Court as ''sensible'', because
of the risk of a ''richochetshot'' in a Station. [11]
To put it else:
It is no problem, to shoot a 17 years old, but a risk to shot in an empry Station [it was in the saturday morning
hours of 24 november] with a minimal chance of on possible injuries.
Strange rule of law.
THERE'S SOMETHING ROTTEN IN THE STATE OF THE NETHERLANDS
SHOOTING COP DIDN'T EVEN TRY TO REANIMATE RISHI
It isn't for nothing, that I said ''killing cop''
Police didn't shoot a warning shot, when they wanted to arrest Rishi, shooting cop
was lying, when alleging it was selfdefence, since camera was showing, that Rishi was running.
If this was not worse enough, shooting cop did no trouble at all to reanimate Rishi, when falling
on the ground under the pretext, that he thought ''he was already dead'' [12]
When other police officers arrived, reanimation took place and when the ambulance came
nine minutes later, they learned, Rishi was alive and took him to hospital
where he died [13]
Well, what a kind of attitude is that!
Apart from police obligation to give human assistance, when you shot someone and it was
not your intention to kill, should you not do anything to safe his life, even if it appears
he/she is dead?
No, in my book this is criminal intent.
And besides, since when are police officers medical doctors, able to conclude that
somebody already has passed on?
No, the whole case is causing a bad, rotten smell.
You can ask yourself, if Rishi was shot
down by the police, if he were no teen from foreign descent with a colour [14]
I don't say that out of the blue:
Former police officersreported to Dutch ''Omroep West'', that police
officers in the Schilderswijk at The Hague [where a considerable number of non-western allochtone population is living] use disproportionate
violence against foreigners [read non-western allochtones] and that foreign detainees re intimidated and abused.
Also they state, that the culture of racism and violence already exists for many years in the police station the Meemstraat,
in the middle of the Schilderswijk [15]
According to reliable information, the cop, who shooted Rishi came from a police station in the vicinity of Heemstraat, where also
a racist culture is ruling.
Racist Dutch police behaviour has also recently confirmed by Amnesty International [16]
Although there is no evident proof, the police officer acted from racial motives, it could have played
a rule, either by the police officers acting or the running away of Rishi [perhaps afraid for
police violence]
But racist or not, the rotten smell of ''Auf der Flucht erschossen'' continues.
THERE'S SOMETING ROTTEN IN THE STATE OF THE NETHERLANDS/
SHOOTING COP WAS MOVING, WHEN SHOOTING/AGAINST POLICE PROTOCOL
And then another thing, that was blaming the shooting police officer heavily:
When shooting, the police officer was walking, which is a strong breach of police protocol [17]
And the reason is obvious:
When you are intended to shoot on the legs [as police instruction is] and you are moving, there is a high
risk [since mostly the fugitive is moving too] you hit at the wrong place, like happened in the Rishi case.
Yet the police officer deliberately took the risk, which led to Rishi's death.
It is very likely, that the fact, that the cop was moving, while shooting, led to the fatal shot [18]
And yet the Court has the audacity to acquit the killing cop, believing him practically on his statements,
even when proven contradictory the facts and having SO MUCH UNDERSTANDING for his
stressfull worksituation.
Has the Court forgotten who the hell is dead and buried?
Yes, Rish Chandrikasing, a 17 year old unarmed teenager.
Disgusting, this Court from hell [19], blaming the victim [there was ''reason to believe, that
he was unarmed, only based on some unckecked statement from somebody else [20] and
letting the killer get away with his crime.
WHAT WERE THE FACTS/WHAT WAS REALLY HAPPENING
Apart from the partly false statements of the cop [it was him or me, when Rishi was running away and there
were THREE ARMED COPS following him, not just he] and the Court and Public Prosecutor's coverage of
his crime, what was really happening?
Rishi formed no treath to the armed cops, came from a party and was unarmed [21]
When police arrived at the the Hague Station Hollands Spoor after an unchecked call,
that Rishi was ''armed'' and a treath'' [22], everything was quiet and nobody was attacked or in danger.
Instead of confronting with the police, Rishi ran away, so the ''him or me'' statement of
the cop was a lie, as we have seen.
No, the shooting cop couldn't know, at the moment of shooting, that Rishi was unarmed.
But he had not any proof whatsoever, that he was armed.
And again and again, Rishi was running away.
treath for the shooting cop
ZERO, ZERO, ZERO
Conclusion:
Police has fired on an unarmed man, who was no trewath whatsoever, because he was running away.
That deserves one name only:
AUF DER FLUCHT ERSCHOSSEN.
That happens not only in countries with a military dictatorship, but also
in the socalled ''democratic'' Netherlands, which is no humanitarian
democratic society.
Because when that was the case, Court had shown more
respect for Rishi's right to life, wheter he had a ''criminal record" or not.
POLICE STANDS ABOVE THE LAW
Although it's too scandalous for words, that the Court thus covered the killing cop's
crime [23], it is no surprise at all.
In the course of decennia, Dutch police got off the hook with
many deadly shooting incidents or mistreatments, which led to death or serious injury [24]
One such example is the death of 22-year-oldTurkish citizen Ihsan Gürz in 2011. Upon being arrested for an alleged verbal conflict with a restaurant owner, the Dutch-Turkish man was mistreated, stripped naked and carried into a police cell unconsciously. Ihsan died hours later. The police and the prosecutor ignored the torture signs on his body [25], claiming instead that the cause of death was a cocaine overdose. An autopsy undertaken in Turkey, however, could not verify this because his heart was missing.
The shady case of Ihsan’s death at the hands of the police provides a parallel to the acquittal of Rishi’s killer cop. Both are a testament to how different Dutch institutions (police, prosecution, medical establishment, judiciary, experts and media) consolidate a culture of impunity that preserves a space (grey area) for the police to use excessive violence in general and against people of colour in particular. An awareness of this ‘untouchability’ can only encourage the individual police officer in exercising brutality.
Personally I don't know any case in which police officers actually went to jail because
of a deadly police incident, however the police officer was to blamed.
EPILOGUE
Apparently human lives doesn't count in this country [the Netherlands], where police
violence plays a role and not from today.
It was the case also in the former centrury.
When the Netherlands really was a State with equal rights for all, the police
officer, who shot Rishi, was not getting away with it.
But for society in general it's also highly dangerous, that he is on the streets again.
It's high time for a broad protest in society against this licence to kill, now
confirmed by the Court, which let the killer cop get away with his crime [26],
from which anyone can be the victim [27]
Rest in peace, Rishi Chandrikasing
Kind greetings
Astrid Essed
Amsterdam
The Netherlands
[1]
''This issue has become somewhat controversial as the rise of xenophobic and anti-immigrant sentiment in the Netherlands has been on the rise for a few years now, as has its opposition. Some accuse Rishi of being a criminal due to his alleged involvement in a stabbing, and and such his shooting was justified, but some basic factors have to be considered. ''
WEEKLY POLITICAL REVIEW
POLICE BRUTALITY IN THE NETHERLANDS -R.I.P. RISHI VIGIL GETS ROUGHED UP
http://alternativepoliticalnews.blogspot.nl/2012/12/police-brutality-in-netherlands-rip.html
''From the moment Rishi was killed up to the present, media outlets have further made sure to demonize him by repeatedly pointing at the teenager’s criminal record and alleged traces of cannabis and alcohol found in his blood.''
THE NORTH STAR
THE WAR ON RISHI: WHY THE DUTCH STATE IS WAGING WAR ON A DEATH TEENAGER
26 DECEMBER 2013
http://www.thenorthstar.info/?p=11699
[2]
''Rishi was standing in the vicinity of the restrooms, facing the tracks, and must not have heard the officers coming up the stairs. Possibly they called out something like: ‘Stop, police,’ because the camera footage shows Rishi turning around. It is possible that Rishi first spotted the officer in plain clothes, with his gun drawn, because he took off running. ''
NEW NLTIMES
RISHI'S FATAL MOMENT
9 DECEMBER 2013
http://www.nltimes.nl/2013/12/09/rishis-fatal-moment/
''Footage from surveillance cameras however fails to show Rishi reaching for his pocket. He can be seen running away with his back to the police as the shot is fired. He had ignored an order to stop, the police says.''
THE NORTH STAR
THE WAR ON RISHI: WHY THE DUTCH STATE IS WAGING WAR ON A DEATH TEENAGER
26 DECEMBER 2013
http://www.thenorthstar.info/?p=11699
[3]
Rishi is from Surinamese/Indian descent
Suriname or Dutch Guyana is a former Dutch colony, which counts a diversity of
inhabitants of different descent.
Rishi's descent was from people, who originally were transported to Suriname as
contract workers after the ending of slavery in 1863 to do the work on the former
plantation, which, of course
the ex African
slaves were not willing to do
anymore.
SEE ALSO
WIKIPEDIA
SURINAME
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suriname
''
East Indians form 37% of the population. They are descendants of 19th-century contract workers from India. They are from the Indian states of Bihar and Eastern Uttar Pradesh, in Northern India, along the Nepali border.''
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suriname#Demographics
SOURCE
WIKIPEDIA
SURINAME
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suriname
[4]
THE EXAMINER
DUTCH POLICE OFFICER EQUATED AFTER FATALLY SHOOTING TEENAGER RISHI CHADRIKASING
24 DECEMBER 2013
http://www.examiner.com/article/dutch-police-officer-equated-after-fatally-shooting-teenager-rishi-chandrikasing
THE NORTH STAR
THE WAR ON RISHI: WHY THE DUTCH STATE IS WAGING WAR ON A DEATH TEENAGER
26 DECEMBER 2013
http://www.thenorthstar.info/?p=11699
NEW NLTIMES
RISHI'S FATAL MOMENT
9 DECEMBER 2013
http://www.nltimes.nl/2013/12/09/rishis-fatal-moment/
NEW NLTIMES
COPS CLEARED IN 17 YEAR OLDS SHOOTING
23 DECEMBER 2013
http://www.nltimes.nl/2013/12/23/officer-rishi-shooting-acquitted/
''The inquiry by the National Police Investigations Department (Rijksrecherche) also revealed that the incident began following an argument between the teenager and a British tourist at the station.
The tourist reported the incident to police and claimed Rishi was carrying a gun. The public prosecutor’s office (Openbare Ministerie) later confirmed that the teenager was unarmed.''
THE AMSTERDAM HERALD/ARMED POLICE OFFICER PROSECUTED OVER FATAL SHOOTING OVER UNARMED
17 YEAR OLD
8 MAY 2013
http://www.amsterdamherald.com/index.php/rss/825-20130508-armed-police-officer-prosecuted-fatal-shooting-17-year-old-rishi-chandrikasing-hollands-spoor-railway-station-den-haag-netherlands-dutch-justice
''The firearms officer is understood to have been aiming for his leg, but camera footage from the station shows he was running when he fired the shot.''
THE AMSTERDAM HERALD/ARMED POLICE OFFICER PROSECUTED OVER FATAL SHOOTING OVER UNARMED
17 YEAR OLD
8 MAY 2013
http://www.amsterdamherald.com/index.php/rss/825-20130508-armed-police-officer-prosecuted-fatal-shooting-17-year-old-rishi-chandrikasing-hollands-spoor-railway-station-den-haag-netherlands-dutch-justice
[5]
''During the officers testimony he explained what was going through his mind before he fatally shot an innocent suspect: "I thought: it's him or me.".
EXAMINER
DUTCH POLICE OFFICER EQUATED AFTER FATALLY SHOOTING TEENAGER
RISHI CHANDRIKASING
24 DECEMBER 2013
http://www.examiner.com/article/dutch-police-officer-equated-after-fatally-shooting-teenager-rishi-chandrikasing
''''This comes after the accused officer declared he believed to have seen Rishi reach for his pocket, forcing the choice between either “him or me” as he “feared for his life.''
THE NORTH STAR
THE WAR ON RISHI: WHY THE DUTCH STATE IS WAGING WAR ON A DEATH TEENAGER
26 DECEMBER 2013
http://www.thenorthstar.info/?p=11699
''The Cop who shot Rishi Chandrikasing in the back of the neck on Den Haag HS station on the 23rd of november last year, has been acquitted of murder and manslaughter. While Rishi was unarmed and was running from the cops in fear, the pig in question claims to have acted in "self-defence".''
INDYMEDIA THE NETHERLANDS
BASTARD KILLING COP WALKS FREE
23 DECEMBER 2013
https://www.indymedia.nl/node/20541
[6]
''During the officers testimony he explained what was going through his mind before he fatally shot an innocent suspect: "I thought: it's him or me.".
EXAMINER
DUTCH POLICE OFFICER EQUATED AFTER FATALLY SHOOTING TEENAGER
RISHI CHANDRIKASING
24 DECEMBER 2013
http://www.examiner.com/article/dutch-police-officer-equated-after-fatally-shooting-teenager-rishi-chandrikasing
''''This comes after the accused officer declared he believed to have seen Rishi reach for his pocket, forcing the choice between either “him or me” as he “feared for his life.''
THE NORTH STAR
THE WAR ON RISHI: WHY THE DUTCH STATE IS WAGING WAR ON A DEATH TEENAGER
26 DECEMBER 2013
http://www.thenorthstar.info/?p=11699
[7]
''Tijdens het wegrennen kijkt Rishi op enig moment rechtsom naar de politieambtenaren en maakt een handbeweging naar zijn jas- of broekzak, waarna een zwart voorwerp in zijn hand zichtbaar wordt''
Translated
''During the run [of Rishi/my remark]
Rishi looks on any moment backwards to the police officers and makes a move with his hand in the direction of
his pocket, after when one can see a black object''
AND
''Ook zag verdachte de rechterhand van Rishi loskomen tijdens diens val en een zwart voorwerp door de lucht vliegen''
Translated
Also the defendent [the shooting police officer] saw, that Rishi's right hand moved during his fall, while a
black object was flying through the air''
[my remark: that ''black object'' turned out to be his mobile phone]
COURT VERDICT CONCERNING THE ACQUITTAL OF THE SHOOTING POLICE OFFICER/IN DUTCH
http://uitspraken.rechtspraak.nl/inziendocument?id=ECLI:NL:RBDHA:2013:18257
[8]
''Tijdens het wegrennen kijkt Rishi op enig moment rechtsom naar de politieambtenaren en maakt een handbeweging naar zijn jas- of broekzak, waarna een zwart voorwerp in zijn hand zichtbaar wordt''
Translated
''During the run [of Rishi/my remark]
Rishi looks on any moment backwards over his shoulder to the police officers and makes a move with his hand in the direction of
his pocket, after when one can see a black object''
AND
''Ook zag verdachte de rechterhand van Rishi loskomen tijdens diens val en een zwart voorwerp door de lucht vliegen''
Translated
Also the defendent [the shooting police officer] saw, that Rishi's right hand moved during his fall, while a
black object was flying through the air''
[my remark: that ''black object'' turned out to be his mobile phone]
COURT VERDICT CONCERNING THE ACQUITTAL OF THE SHOOTING POLICE OFFICER/IN DUTCH
http://uitspraken.rechtspraak.nl/inziendocument?id=ECLI:NL:RBDHA:2013:18257
[9]
'' In his pockets only keys and a phone were found. In his pockets only keys and a phone were found.''
THE NORTH STAR
THE WAR ON RISHI: WHEN THE DUTCH STATE IS WAGING WAR ON A DEAD TEENAGER
26 DECEMBER 2013
http://www.thenorthstar.info/?p=11699
[10]
De rechtbank heeft begrip voor de door het Openbaar Ministerie gemaakte keuze, maar voegt daaraan wel toe dat hierdoor afbreuk is gedaan aan de centrale rol van het Openbaar Ministerie in het Nederlandse strafprocesrecht en dat de beschuldiging van moord buitengewoon grievend is voor verdachte.
Translated:
Court has understanding for the choice of the Public Prosecution [my addition: to charge the shooting police officer for murder,
besides manslaughter, due to pressure from the family of Rishi], but adds, that this is a breach of the central role of
the Public Prosecution [my addition: which initially only prosecuted the police officer for manslaughter] and that the prosecution
for murder is unneccesarily injurious for the defendant''
COURT VERDICT CONCERNING THE ACQUITTAL OF THE SHOOTING POLICE OFFICER/IN DUTCH
http://uitspraken.rechtspraak.nl/inziendocument?id=ECLI:NL:RBDHA:2013:18257
The judges followed suit and even said that the additional murder charge was “undesirable and unnecessarily injurious.”
THE NORTH STAR
THE WAR ON RISHI: WHY THE DUTCH STATE IS WAGING WAR ON A DEATH TEENAGER
26 DECEMBER 2013
http://www.thenorthstar.info/?p=11699
[11]
''De rechtbank merkt hierbij nog op dat het verstandig van de politie-agenten is geweest dat zij niet ook nog een waarschuwingsschot hebben gelost, gelet op het risico van een ricochetschot in de hal van het station.''
Translated
''The Court notices, that it's wise, the police officers didn't fire also
a warning shot, because of the risk of a ricochetschot in the hall of the Station''
COURT VERDICT CONCERNING THE ACQUITTAL OF THE SHOOTING POLICE OFFICER/IN DUTCH
http://uitspraken.rechtspraak.nl/inziendocument?id=ECLI:NL:RBDHA:2013:18257
WIKIPEDIA
RICOCHET
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricochet
[12]
NLTIMES.NL
OFFICER WRONLGY THOUGHT RISHI ALREADY DEAD
10 OCTOBER 2013
http://www.nltimes.nl/2013/10/10/officer-wrongly-thought-rishi-already-dead/
EXAMINER
DUTCH POLICE OFFICER EQUATED AFTER FATALLY SHOOTING TEENAGER
RISHI CHANDRIKASING
24 DECEMBER 2013
http://www.examiner.com/article/dutch-police-officer-equated-after-fatally-shooting-teenager-rishi-chandrikasing
[13]
''The police officer was convinced the victim was already deceased. A minute and a half after the shot, two officers still started CPR. Ambulance Staff arrived nine minutes later and noted the boy was still alive. He still passed away after arrival in the hospital.''
NLTIMES.NL
OFFICER WRONLGY THOUGHT RISHI ALREADY DEAD
10 OCTOBER 2013
http://www.nltimes.nl/2013/10/10/officer-wrongly-thought-rishi-already-dead/
[14]
” They also state that “if he weren’t Indonesian, there would have been a bigger reaction by society, there would have been more support.”
[My remark, Rishi was not drom Indonesian descent, but from Surinamese/ Indian descent/See note 3]
EAGAINST.COM
WELCOME TO THE KILLING MACHINE, MY DEAR
http://eagainst.com/articles/welcome-to-the-killing-machine-my-dear/
[15]
NLTIMES.NL
THE HAGUE POLICE RACIST
17 OCTOBER 2013
http://www.nltimes.nl/2013/10/17/the-hague-police-racist/
THE AMSTERDAM HERALD
REVIEW OF RACIAL PROFILING IN THE HAGUE FOLLOWS CLAIMS OF
POLICE BRUTALITY AND DISCRIMINATION
29 OCTOBER 2013
http://www.amsterdamherald.com/index.php/rss/1030-20131029-review-racial-profiling-the-hague-follows-claims-police-brutality-discrimination-netherlands-dutch-crime-justice-society
''It is not a coincidence that Rishi was the subject of lethal police violence. As a male of colour, he was already assumed to be criminal and dangerous. This is confirmed by a recent Amnesty International report. It concludes that the police in the Netherlands, as an institution, systematically discriminates against people of colour in their everyday operations, such as ID checks, preventive searches, data collection for intelligence purposes, traffic and tax check-ups, border control, and even house raids on the grounds of detaining undocumented people. ''
THE NORTH STAR
THE WAR ON RISHI: WHY THE DUTCH STATE IS WAGING WAR ON A DEATH TEENAGER
26 DECEMBER 2013
http://www.thenorthstar.info/?p=11699
[16]
DUTCHNEWS.NL
MINORITIES MORE LIKELY TO BE STOPPED IN POLICE CHECKS: AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL
http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2013/10/minorities_more_likely_to_be_s.php
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL
PROACTIEF POLITIEOPTREDEN LEIDT TOT DISCRIMINATIE IN NEDERLAND
28 OCTOBER 2013
Translated:
Amnesty International
Pro-active police conduct [ethnic profiling] leads to discrimination
in the Netherlands
http://www.amnesty.nl/nieuwsportaal/nieuws/proactief-politieoptreden-leidt-tot-discriminatie-in-nederland
[17]
''It is clear from the images that the officer who fired the fatal shot, was still walking. This goes against policy. '
The officer should take a stand, with both feet on the ground, and aim for the suspect’s legs.''
NEW NLTIMES
RISHI'S FATAL MOMENT
9 DECEMBER 2013
http://www.nltimes.nl/2013/12/09/rishis-fatal-moment/
''The police officer was in motion while shooting, which is a breach of police protocol. ''
THE NORTH STAR
THE WAR ON RISHI: WHY THE DUTCH STATE IS WAGING WAR ON A DEATH TEENAGER
26 DECEMBER 2013
http://www.thenorthstar.info/? p=11699
'' From the security footage you can see the officers running towards Chandrikasing, with their guns already drawn. Chandriskasing looks over his shoulder and begins to run away from them. While all men are still running, one of the officers shoots Chandriskasing in his neck.''
THE EXAMINER
DUTCH POLICE OFFICER EQUATED AFTER FATALLY SHOOTING TEENAGER RISHI CHADRIKASING
24 DECEMBER 2013
http://www.examiner.com/article/dutch-police-officer-equated-after-fatally-shooting-teenager-rishi-chandrikasing
[18]
''The stress of the situation and the fact both the youth and police officer were moving led to the bullet hitting his neck instead''
DUTCHNEWS.NL
POLICE OFFICER CLEARED OF MANSLAUGHTER OF
UNARMED YOUTH, 17
23 DECEMBER 2013
http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2013/12/police_officer_cleared_of_mans.php
[19]
COURT VERDICT CONCERNING THE ACQUITTAL OF THE SHOOTING POLICE OFFICER/IN DUTCH
http://uitspraken.rechtspraak.nl/inziendocument?id=ECLI:NL:RBDHA:2013:18257
De rechtbank heeft begrip voor de door het Openbaar Ministerie gemaakte keuze, maar voegt daaraan wel toe dat hierdoor afbreuk is gedaan aan de centrale rol van het Openbaar Ministerie in het Nederlandse strafprocesrecht en dat de beschuldiging van moord buitengewoon grievend is voor verdachte.
Translated:
Court has understanding for the choice of the Public Prosecution [my addition: to charge the shooting police officer for murder,
besides manslaughter, due to pressure from the family of Rishi], but adds, that this is a breach of the central role of
the Public Prosecution [my addition: which initially only prosecuted the police officer for manslaughter] and that the prosecution
for murder is unneccesarily injurious for the defendant''
COURT VERDICT CONCERNING THE ACQUITTAL OF THE SHOOTING POLICE OFFICER/IN DUTCH
http://uitspraken.rechtspraak.nl/inziendocument?id=ECLI:NL:RBDHA:2013:18257
The judges followed suit and even said that the additional murder charge was “undesirable and unnecessarily injurious.”
THE NORTH STAR
THE WAR ON RISHI: WHY THE DUTCH STATE IS WAGING WAR ON A DEATH TEENAGER
26 DECEMBER 2013
http://www.thenorthstar.info/?p=11699
[20]
On the statement of an Englisman, who filed a complained against Rishi, Court declared,
that there was a ''dangerous situation'' at the The Hague Station because of an ''armed man''
However there is besides the statement of the Englisman, no proof at all, Rishi actually has said the following:
STATEMENT COURT
''Op 24 november 2012 rond 05.45 uur was Rishi [slachtoffer] (hierna: Rishi), aanwezig in de wachtruimte van spoor 3/4 van het station Hollands Spoor in Den Haag.3 Daar heeft hij een Engelsman aangesproken die op een bankje lag te slapen. Hij heeft naar de Engelsman geroepen: “Are you Dutch? You must be Dutch. Every one must be Dutch here. Fuck off. This place is only for Dutch people.” Rishi heeft vervolgens met zijn rechterhand in zijn jaszak gereikt. Hij zei toen: “I have a gun”. Hij greep in zijn linkerbinnenzak en zei: “Now I am going to show you the right way to get out”. De Engelsman heeft geen vuurwapen gezien. Rishi stond ongeveer een meter bij de Engelsman vandaan
Translated:
''At 24 november about 05.45 Rishi [victim] was present in the waiting room of Spoor 3/4
of the Station Hollands Spoor ayt the Hague.
There he has spoken with an Englisman, who slept on a couch.
He has called to the Englisman: ''Are you Dutch? You must be Dutch. Every one must be Dutch here. Fuck off. This place is only for Dutch people.”
Then he reached with his right hand in his pocket. He said then: ''I have a gun''
He grabbed in his left inner pocket and said: ''Now I am going to show you the right way to get out”
The Englisman has seen no firearm.
Rishi stood on a meter distance from the Englisman
COURT VERDICT CONCERNING THE ACQUITTAL OF THE SHOOTING POLICE OFFICER/IN DUTCH
http://uitspraken.rechtspraak.nl/inziendocument?id=ECLI:NL:RBDHA:2013:18257
''When police was told an armed man had threatened someone at the station, three officers pursued Rishi with their guns pulled. Moments later, he was fatally shot in the neck.''
THE NORTH STAR
THE WAR ON RISHI: WHY THE DUTCH STATE IS WAGING WAR ON A DEATH TEENAGER
26 DECEMBER 2013
http://www.thenorthstar.info/?p=11699
[21]
THE NORTH STAR
THE WAR ON RISHI: WHY THE DUTCH STATE IS WAGING WAR ON A DEATH TEENAGER
26 DECEMBER 2013
http://www.thenorthstar.info/?p=11699
THE AMSTERDAM HERALD/ARMED POLICE OFFICER PROSECUTED OVER FATAL SHOOTING OVER UNARMED
17 YEAR OLD
8 MAY 2013
http://www.amsterdamherald.com/index.php/rss/825-20130508-armed-police-officer-prosecuted-fatal-shooting-17-year-old-rishi-chandrikasing-hollands-spoor-railway-station-den-haag-netherlands-dutch-justice
''He was going home from a party, sober, and asked the conductor for instructions on how to get home.''
EAGAINST.COM
WELCOME TO THE KILLING MACHINE, MY DEAR
http://eagainst.com/articles/welcome-to-the-killing-machine-my-dear/
[22]
THE NORTH STAR
THE WAR ON RISHI: WHY THE DUTCH STATE IS WAGING WAR ON A DEATH TEENAGER
26 DECEMBER 2013
http://www.thenorthstar.info/?p=11699
EAGAINST.COM
WELCOME TO THE KILLING MACHINE, MY DEAR
http://eagainst.com/articles/welcome-to-the-killing-machine-my-dear/
[23]
THE EXAMINER
DUTCH POLICE OFFICER EQUATED AFTER FATALLY SHOOTING TEENAGER RISHI CHADRIKASING
24 DECEMBER 2013
http://www.examiner.com/article/dutch-police-officer-equated-after-fatally-shooting-teenager-rishi-chandrikasing
NEW NLTIMES
COPS CLEARED IN 17 YEAR OLDS SHOOTING
23 DECEMBER 2013
http://www.nltimes.nl/2013/12/23/officer-rishi-shooting-acquitted/
COURT VERDICT CONCERNING THE ACQUITTAL OF THE SHOOTING POLICE OFFICER/IN DUTCH
http://uitspraken.rechtspraak.nl/inziendocument?id=ECLI:NL:RBDHA:2013:18257
[24]
STATEWATCH
ANALYSIS
NETHERLANDS: INCREASED USE OF FIREARMS BY DUTCH POLICE
KEES HUDIG
OCTOBER 2012
http://www.statewatch.org/analyses/no-213-holland-police-firearms.pdf
OCCUPY NEWS NETWORK
DUTCH POLICE USES VIOLENCE DURING ARREST
http://occupynewsnetwork.co.uk/dutch-police-uses-violence-during-arrest/
IRISHMANABROAD.COM
DUTCH FEMALE POLICE BRUTALITY
20 JUNE 2012
http://www.irishmanabroad.com/2012/06/dutch-female-police-brutality/
IN ENGLISH
POLICEVIOLENCE
Use of violence by and against police in the Netherlands]
[Dutch title: politiegeweld/Geweldgebruik van en tegen de politie
in Nederland]
JAAP TIMMER
http://www.fsw.vu.nl/en/Images/summary%20book_tcm31-42379.pdf
DAILY RECORD
BATTLE OF AMSTERDAM
DUTCH POLICE ADMITS USING VIOLENCE TOWARDS CELTIC FANS
.....BUT ONLY TO DEFEND THEMSELVES
9 NOVEMBER 2013
http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/battle-amsterdam-dutch-police-admit-2711951
DUTCHNEWS.NL
CELTIC FANS MAKE 200 COMPLAINTS OF DUTCH POLICE
VIOLENCE
25 NOVEMBER 2013
http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2013/11/celtic_fans_make_200_complaint.php
EAGAINST.COM
WELCOME TO THE KILLING MACHINE, MY DEAR
http://eagainst.com/articles/welcome-to-the-killing-machine-my-dear/
[25]
TODAYS ZAMAN
TURKISH MAN KILLED UNDER SEVERE TORTURE IN
DUTCH POLICE STATION
8 JULY 2011
http://todayszaman.com/news-249779-turkish-man-killed-under-severe-torture-in-dutch-police-station.html
THE NORTH STAR
THE WAR ON RISHI: WHY THE DUTCH STATE IS WAGING WAR ON A DEATH TEENAGER
26 DECEMBER 2013
http://www.thenorthstar.info/?p=11699
[26]
THE EXAMINER
DUTCH POLICE OFFICER EQUATED AFTER FATALLY SHOOTING TEENAGER RISHI CHADRIKASING
24 DECEMBER 2013
http://www.examiner.com/article/dutch-police-officer-equated-after-fatally-shooting-teenager-rishi-chandrikasing
NEW NLTIMES
COPS CLEARED IN 17 YEAR OLDS SHOOTING
23 DECEMBER 2013
http://www.nltimes.nl/2013/12/23/officer-rishi-shooting-acquitted/
COURT VERDICT CONCERNING THE ACQUITTAL OF THE SHOOTING POLICE OFFICER/IN DUTCH
http://uitspraken.rechtspraak.nl/inziendocument?id=ECLI:NL:RBDHA:2013:18257
[27]
''The public silence over his murder leaves us with a daunting question; who will be next, and when?''
THE NORTH STAR
THE WAR ON RISHI: WHY THE DUTCH STATE IS WAGING WAR ON A DEATH TEENAGER
26 DECEMBER 2013
http://www.thenorthstar.info/?p=11699
/COURT GIVES THE POLICE LICENCE TO KILL
AUF DER FLUCHT ERSCHOSSEN
SEE ALSO
http://www.astridessed.nl/dutch-police-officer-who-shot-rishi-chandrikasing-acquittedcourt-gives-police-licence-to-kill/ Dear Readers,
Not only the acquittal of the Dutch policeofficer, who shot Rishi
Chandrikasing to death, is an absolute scandal, it's also a great risk.
For when a cop, who caused the death of a defenseless, unarmed civilian, is going
to work again, he is a great danger to society.
It can happen again.
Now there are people, who allege. that Rishi himself was no peach either [or to put it otherwise:
had a criminal record] [1], doesn't matter at all.
Fact is, that any human being, whether ''respected citizen'' or not, has a right to life and protection
of his/hers life, and that thew police has no right to end that life, when tere is no obvious case of self
defence.
And there wasn't, since Rishi was running for the police [2]
FACTS
So, which are the real facts in the Rishi tragedy, which happened at 24 november anno Domini
2012
A
Police was told, that an armed man whould have treathed someone on train Station
''Hollands Spoor'' in the Hague.
B
Three police officers ran up the platform, were Rishi was standing.
C
Police commands Rishi to stand still
D
Rishi rans away
E
Police shoots at Rishi and hits him in the neck.
F
Rishi was UNARMED
Those are the FACTS about the death of Rishi Chandrikasing, a 17 year old boy from Surinamese/Indian descent [3]
Facts anyone can control [4]
THERE IS SOMETHING ROTTEN IN THE STATE OF THE NETHERLANDS/DUBIOUS
CASES CONCERNING THE SHOOTING COP/COP'S STATEMENT IS A LIE
Those are the facts, which obviously make clear, that the shooting cop is to be blamed.
AND HOW!
Because there was no reason at all to shoot.
When the cops came, the situation at Hollands Spoor was all in peace, nobody was being molested and Rishi was running away FROM the police.
But it becomes worse, because the shooting cop falsely claimed, that it was ''self defence''
According to the cop, who shot him:
''It was him or me'' [5]
Now you don't need to have studied Law to know that's bullshit, since Rishi was running away FROM the police and
thus didn't seek any confrontation.
How then it can be ''him or me'' as the shooting police officer alleged? [6]
Yet apart from the fact, that he was not alone, but with two armed collegues!
THERE IS SOMETHING ROTTEN IN THE STATE OF THE NETHERLANDS
COURT IS VIOLATING PRINCIPLE OF IMPARTIALITY
AND WANTED TO LET SHOOTING COP TAKE AWAY WITH CRIME FROM THE
BEGINNING, AS THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR
In her ruling, the Court must fullfill an independent rule
But in the case of the shooting cop, the Court did everything in its power to
let the cop free and so viiolated Rishi's right to life.
An example:
The utter nonsense statement of the Court,suggesting, that Rishi took a weapon, while running.[7]
In those situations you can do two things
Either you take a weapon and confront, or decide, not to confront and running away, what happened in the case of Rishi.
But you can't run [and thus choose not to confront] and at the same time taking a weapon.
Besides, this ''taking a weapon'' suggestion of the Court was solely based on the statement of the defendant, the shooting police
officer, who alleged, to have seen that Rishi made a ''strange'' movement in the direction of his pocket
and took a ''black object'' and that after his fall, a ''black object'' was flying into the air [8]
Stating for true a statement of a defendant, who of course wants to clear himself, without any further hard evidence, is
a travesty of independent Court ruling.
Besides [and the Court knew that when ruling], that 'flying black object was Rishi's mobile phone [9] and thus contradicted the
shooting police officer's statement.
ROTTEN, ROTTEN, ROTTEN
But there was more:
After pressure from Rishi’s family and their lawyer, the public prosecution added murder to the charge. Two weeks ago however, the prosecution pleaded for acquitting the police officer of all charges because, they believed, he had all the reason to assume that Rishi was “armed and dangerous.” The judges followed suit and even said that the additional murder charge was “undesirable and unnecessarily injurious.” [10]
And that were the judges, who had to decide, whether the police officer, who shot unarmed Rishi, was guilty or not.
That was the public prosecutor, whose task it is to prosecute defendants.
I dare say, that the Court was never independent, but wanted to clear the killing cop right from the start.
That also goes for the Public prosecutor.
Shame, rotten and disgraceful!
THERE'S SOMETHING ROTTEN IN THE STATE PF THE NETHERLANDS/POLICE
DIDN'T FIRED A WARNING SHOOT, BEFORE SHOOTING RISHI
Investigation revealed, that when the police tried to arrest Rishi, no warning shot was fired, despite
the fact, that's always the procedure before shooting.
This shows the clear risk, the police [ut Rishi trough, with death as a consequence.
It is unbelievable, but that srerious violation of Rishi's right was defended by the Court as ''sensible'', because
of the risk of a ''richochetshot'' in a Station. [11]
To put it else:
It is no problem, to shoot a 17 years old, but a risk to shot in an empry Station [it was in the saturday morning
hours of 24 november] with a minimal chance of on possible injuries.
Strange rule of law.
THERE'S SOMETHING ROTTEN IN THE STATE OF THE NETHERLANDS
SHOOTING COP DIDN'T EVEN TRY TO REANIMATE RISHI
It isn't for nothing, that I said ''killing cop''
Police didn't shoot a warning shot, when they wanted to arrest Rishi, shooting cop
was lying, when alleging it was selfdefence, since camera was showing, that Rishi was running.
If this was not worse enough, shooting cop did no trouble at all to reanimate Rishi, when falling
on the ground under the pretext, that he thought ''he was already dead'' [12]
When other police officers arrived, reanimation took place and when the ambulance came
nine minutes later, they learned, Rishi was alive and took him to hospital
where he died [13]
Well, what a kind of attitude is that!
Apart from police obligation to give human assistance, when you shot someone and it was
not your intention to kill, should you not do anything to safe his life, even if it appears
he/she is dead?
No, in my book this is criminal intent.
And besides, since when are police officers medical doctors, able to conclude that
somebody already has passed on?
No, the whole case is causing a bad, rotten smell.
You can ask yourself, if Rishi was shot
down by the police, if he were no teen from foreign descent with a colour [14]
I don't say that out of the blue:
Former police officersreported to Dutch ''Omroep West'', that police
officers in the Schilderswijk at The Hague [where a considerable number of non-western allochtone population is living] use disproportionate
violence against foreigners [read non-western allochtones] and that foreign detainees re intimidated and abused.
Also they state, that the culture of racism and violence already exists for many years in the police station the Meemstraat,
in the middle of the Schilderswijk [15]
According to reliable information, the cop, who shooted Rishi came from a police station in the vicinity of Heemstraat, where also
a racist culture is ruling.
Racist Dutch police behaviour has also recently confirmed by Amnesty International [16]
Although there is no evident proof, the police officer acted from racial motives, it could have played
a rule, either by the police officers acting or the running away of Rishi [perhaps afraid for
police violence]
But racist or not, the rotten smell of ''Auf der Flucht erschossen'' continues.
THERE'S SOMETING ROTTEN IN THE STATE OF THE NETHERLANDS/
SHOOTING COP WAS MOVING, WHEN SHOOTING/AGAINST POLICE PROTOCOL
And then another thing, that was blaming the shooting police officer heavily:
When shooting, the police officer was walking, which is a strong breach of police protocol [17]
And the reason is obvious:
When you are intended to shoot on the legs [as police instruction is] and you are moving, there is a high
risk [since mostly the fugitive is moving too] you hit at the wrong place, like happened in the Rishi case.
Yet the police officer deliberately took the risk, which led to Rishi's death.
It is very likely, that the fact, that the cop was moving, while shooting, led to the fatal shot [18]
And yet the Court has the audacity to acquit the killing cop, believing him practically on his statements,
even when proven contradictory the facts and having SO MUCH UNDERSTANDING for his
stressfull worksituation.
Has the Court forgotten who the hell is dead and buried?
Yes, Rish Chandrikasing, a 17 year old unarmed teenager.
Disgusting, this Court from hell [19], blaming the victim [there was ''reason to believe, that
he was unarmed, only based on some unckecked statement from somebody else [20] and
letting the killer get away with his crime.
WHAT WERE THE FACTS/WHAT WAS REALLY HAPPENING
Apart from the partly false statements of the cop [it was him or me, when Rishi was running away and there
were THREE ARMED COPS following him, not just he] and the Court and Public Prosecutor's coverage of
his crime, what was really happening?
Rishi formed no treath to the armed cops, came from a party and was unarmed [21]
When police arrived at the the Hague Station Hollands Spoor after an unchecked call,
that Rishi was ''armed'' and a treath'' [22], everything was quiet and nobody was attacked or in danger.
Instead of confronting with the police, Rishi ran away, so the ''him or me'' statement of
the cop was a lie, as we have seen.
No, the shooting cop couldn't know, at the moment of shooting, that Rishi was unarmed.
But he had not any proof whatsoever, that he was armed.
And again and again, Rishi was running away.
treath for the shooting cop
ZERO, ZERO, ZERO
Conclusion:
Police has fired on an unarmed man, who was no trewath whatsoever, because he was running away.
That deserves one name only:
AUF DER FLUCHT ERSCHOSSEN.
That happens not only in countries with a military dictatorship, but also
in the socalled ''democratic'' Netherlands, which is no humanitarian
democratic society.
Because when that was the case, Court had shown more
respect for Rishi's right to life, wheter he had a ''criminal record" or not.
POLICE STANDS ABOVE THE LAW
Although it's too scandalous for words, that the Court thus covered the killing cop's
crime [23], it is no surprise at all.
In the course of decennia, Dutch police got off the hook with
many deadly shooting incidents or mistreatments, which led to death or serious injury [24]
One such example is the death of 22-year-oldTurkish citizen Ihsan Gürz in 2011. Upon being arrested for an alleged verbal conflict with a restaurant owner, the Dutch-Turkish man was mistreated, stripped naked and carried into a police cell unconsciously. Ihsan died hours later. The police and the prosecutor ignored the torture signs on his body [25], claiming instead that the cause of death was a cocaine overdose. An autopsy undertaken in Turkey, however, could not verify this because his heart was missing.
The shady case of Ihsan’s death at the hands of the police provides a parallel to the acquittal of Rishi’s killer cop. Both are a testament to how different Dutch institutions (police, prosecution, medical establishment, judiciary, experts and media) consolidate a culture of impunity that preserves a space (grey area) for the police to use excessive violence in general and against people of colour in particular. An awareness of this ‘untouchability’ can only encourage the individual police officer in exercising brutality.
Personally I don't know any case in which police officers actually went to jail because
of a deadly police incident, however the police officer was to blamed.
EPILOGUE
Apparently human lives doesn't count in this country [the Netherlands], where police
violence plays a role and not from today.
It was the case also in the former centrury.
When the Netherlands really was a State with equal rights for all, the police
officer, who shot Rishi, was not getting away with it.
But for society in general it's also highly dangerous, that he is on the streets again.
It's high time for a broad protest in society against this licence to kill, now
confirmed by the Court, which let the killer cop get away with his crime [26],
from which anyone can be the victim [27]
Rest in peace, Rishi Chandrikasing
Kind greetings
Astrid Essed
Amsterdam
The Netherlands
[1]
''This issue has become somewhat controversial as the rise of xenophobic and anti-immigrant sentiment in the Netherlands has been on the rise for a few years now, as has its opposition. Some accuse Rishi of being a criminal due to his alleged involvement in a stabbing, and and such his shooting was justified, but some basic factors have to be considered. ''
WEEKLY POLITICAL REVIEW
POLICE BRUTALITY IN THE NETHERLANDS -R.I.P. RISHI VIGIL GETS ROUGHED UP
http://alternativepoliticalnews.blogspot.nl/2012/12/police-brutality-in-netherlands-rip.html ''From the moment Rishi was killed up to the present, media outlets have further made sure to demonize him by repeatedly pointing at the teenager’s criminal record and alleged traces of cannabis and alcohol found in his blood.''
THE NORTH STAR
THE WAR ON RISHI: WHY THE DUTCH STATE IS WAGING WAR ON A DEATH TEENAGER
26 DECEMBER 2013
http://www.thenorthstar.info/?p=11699 [2]
''Rishi was standing in the vicinity of the restrooms, facing the tracks, and must not have heard the officers coming up the stairs. Possibly they called out something like: ‘Stop, police,’ because the camera footage shows Rishi turning around. It is possible that Rishi first spotted the officer in plain clothes, with his gun drawn, because he took off running. ''
NEW NLTIMES
RISHI'S FATAL MOMENT
9 DECEMBER 2013
http://www.nltimes.nl/2013/12/09/rishis-fatal-moment/ ''Footage from surveillance cameras however fails to show Rishi reaching for his pocket. He can be seen running away with his back to the police as the shot is fired. He had ignored an order to stop, the police says.''
THE NORTH STAR
THE WAR ON RISHI: WHY THE DUTCH STATE IS WAGING WAR ON A DEATH TEENAGER
26 DECEMBER 2013
http://www.thenorthstar.info/?p=11699 [3]
Rishi is from Surinamese/Indian descent
Suriname or Dutch Guyana is a former Dutch colony, which counts a diversity of
inhabitants of different descent.
Rishi's descent was from people, who originally were transported to Suriname as
contract workers after the ending of slavery in 1863 to do the work on the former
plantation, which, of course
the ex African
slaves were not willing to do
anymore.
SEE ALSO
WIKIPEDIA
SURINAME
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suriname ''
East Indians form 37% of the population. They are descendants of 19th-century contract workers from India. They are from the Indian states of Bihar and Eastern Uttar Pradesh, in Northern India, along the Nepali border.''
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suriname#Demographics SOURCE
WIKIPEDIA
SURINAME
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suriname [4]
THE EXAMINER
DUTCH POLICE OFFICER EQUATED AFTER FATALLY SHOOTING TEENAGER RISHI CHADRIKASING
24 DECEMBER 2013
http://www.examiner.com/article/dutch-police-officer-equated-after-fatally-shooting-teenager-rishi-chandrikasing THE NORTH STAR
THE WAR ON RISHI: WHY THE DUTCH STATE IS WAGING WAR ON A DEATH TEENAGER
26 DECEMBER 2013
http://www.thenorthstar.info/?p=11699 NEW NLTIMES
RISHI'S FATAL MOMENT
9 DECEMBER 2013
http://www.nltimes.nl/2013/12/09/rishis-fatal-moment/ NEW NLTIMES
COPS CLEARED IN 17 YEAR OLDS SHOOTING
23 DECEMBER 2013
http://www.nltimes.nl/2013/12/23/officer-rishi-shooting-acquitted/ ''The inquiry by the National Police Investigations Department (Rijksrecherche) also revealed that the incident began following an argument between the teenager and a British tourist at the station.
The tourist reported the incident to police and claimed Rishi was carrying a gun. The public prosecutor’s office (Openbare Ministerie) later confirmed that the teenager was unarmed.''
THE AMSTERDAM HERALD/ARMED POLICE OFFICER PROSECUTED OVER FATAL SHOOTING OVER UNARMED
17 YEAR OLD
8 MAY 2013
http://www.amsterdamherald.com/index.php/rss/825-20130508-armed-police-officer-prosecuted-fatal-shooting-17-year-old-rishi-chandrikasing-hollands-spoor-railway-station-den-haag-netherlands-dutch-justice ''The firearms officer is understood to have been aiming for his leg, but camera footage from the station shows he was running when he fired the shot.''
THE AMSTERDAM HERALD/ARMED POLICE OFFICER PROSECUTED OVER FATAL SHOOTING OVER UNARMED
17 YEAR OLD
8 MAY 2013
http://www.amsterdamherald.com/index.php/rss/825-20130508-armed-police-officer-prosecuted-fatal-shooting-17-year-old-rishi-chandrikasing-hollands-spoor-railway-station-den-haag-netherlands-dutch-justice [5]
''During the officers testimony he explained what was going through his mind before he fatally shot an innocent suspect: "I thought: it's him or me.".
EXAMINER
DUTCH POLICE OFFICER EQUATED AFTER FATALLY SHOOTING TEENAGER
RISHI CHANDRIKASING
24 DECEMBER 2013
http://www.examiner.com/article/dutch-police-officer-equated-after-fatally-shooting-teenager-rishi-chandrikasing ''''This comes after the accused officer declared he believed to have seen Rishi reach for his pocket, forcing the choice between either “him or me” as he “feared for his life.''
THE NORTH STAR
THE WAR ON RISHI: WHY THE DUTCH STATE IS WAGING WAR ON A DEATH TEENAGER
26 DECEMBER 2013
http://www.thenorthstar.info/?p=11699 ''The Cop who shot Rishi Chandrikasing in the back of the neck on Den Haag HS station on the 23rd of november last year, has been acquitted of murder and manslaughter. While Rishi was unarmed and was running from the cops in fear, the pig in question claims to have acted in "self-defence".''
INDYMEDIA THE NETHERLANDS
BASTARD KILLING COP WALKS FREE
23 DECEMBER 2013
https://www.indymedia.nl/node/20541 [6]
''During the officers testimony he explained what was going through his mind before he fatally shot an innocent suspect: "I thought: it's him or me.".
EXAMINER
DUTCH POLICE OFFICER EQUATED AFTER FATALLY SHOOTING TEENAGER
RISHI CHANDRIKASING
24 DECEMBER 2013
http://www.examiner.com/article/dutch-police-officer-equated-after-fatally-shooting-teenager-rishi-chandrikasing ''''This comes after the accused officer declared he believed to have seen Rishi reach for his pocket, forcing the choice between either “him or me” as he “feared for his life.''
THE NORTH STAR
THE WAR ON RISHI: WHY THE DUTCH STATE IS WAGING WAR ON A DEATH TEENAGER
26 DECEMBER 2013
http://www.thenorthstar.info/?p=11699 [7]
''Tijdens het wegrennen kijkt Rishi op enig moment rechtsom naar de politieambtenaren en maakt een handbeweging naar zijn jas- of broekzak, waarna een zwart voorwerp in zijn hand zichtbaar wordt''
Translated
''During the run [of Rishi/my remark]
Rishi looks on any moment backwards to the police officers and makes a move with his hand in the direction of
his pocket, after when one can see a black object''
AND
''Ook zag verdachte de rechterhand van Rishi loskomen tijdens diens val en een zwart voorwerp door de lucht vliegen''
Translated
Also the defendent [the shooting police officer] saw, that Rishi's right hand moved during his fall, while a
black object was flying through the air''
[my remark: that ''black object'' turned out to be his mobile phone]
COURT VERDICT CONCERNING THE ACQUITTAL OF THE SHOOTING POLICE OFFICER/IN DUTCH
http://uitspraken.rechtspraak.nl/inziendocument?id=ECLI:NL:RBDHA:2013:18257 [8]
''Tijdens het wegrennen kijkt Rishi op enig moment rechtsom naar de politieambtenaren en maakt een handbeweging naar zijn jas- of broekzak, waarna een zwart voorwerp in zijn hand zichtbaar wordt''
Translated
''During the run [of Rishi/my remark]
Rishi looks on any moment backwards over his shoulder to the police officers and makes a move with his hand in the direction of
his pocket, after when one can see a black object''
AND
''Ook zag verdachte de rechterhand van Rishi loskomen tijdens diens val en een zwart voorwerp door de lucht vliegen''
Translated
Also the defendent [the shooting police officer] saw, that Rishi's right hand moved during his fall, while a
black object was flying through the air''
[my remark: that ''black object'' turned out to be his mobile phone]
COURT VERDICT CONCERNING THE ACQUITTAL OF THE SHOOTING POLICE OFFICER/IN DUTCH
http://uitspraken.rechtspraak.nl/inziendocument?id=ECLI:NL:RBDHA:2013:18257 [9]
'' In his pockets only keys and a phone were found. In his pockets only keys and a phone were found.''
THE NORTH STAR
THE WAR ON RISHI: WHEN THE DUTCH STATE IS WAGING WAR ON A DEAD TEENAGER
26 DECEMBER 2013
http://www.thenorthstar.info/?p=11699 [10]
De rechtbank heeft begrip voor de door het Openbaar Ministerie gemaakte keuze, maar voegt daaraan wel toe dat hierdoor afbreuk is gedaan aan de centrale rol van het Openbaar Ministerie in het Nederlandse strafprocesrecht en dat de beschuldiging van moord buitengewoon grievend is voor verdachte.
Translated:
Court has understanding for the choice of the Public Prosecution [my addition: to charge the shooting police officer for murder,
besides manslaughter, due to pressure from the family of Rishi], but adds, that this is a breach of the central role of
the Public Prosecution [my addition: which initially only prosecuted the police officer for manslaughter] and that the prosecution
for murder is unneccesarily injurious for the defendant''
COURT VERDICT CONCERNING THE ACQUITTAL OF THE SHOOTING POLICE OFFICER/IN DUTCH
http://uitspraken.rechtspraak.nl/inziendocument?id=ECLI:NL:RBDHA:2013:18257 The judges followed suit and even said that the additional murder charge was “undesirable and unnecessarily injurious.”
THE NORTH STAR
THE WAR ON RISHI: WHY THE DUTCH STATE IS WAGING WAR ON A DEATH TEENAGER
26 DECEMBER 2013
http://www.thenorthstar.info/?p=11699 [11]
''De rechtbank merkt hierbij nog op dat het verstandig van de politie-agenten is geweest dat zij niet ook nog een waarschuwingsschot hebben gelost, gelet op het risico van een ricochetschot in de hal van het station.''
Translated
''The Court notices, that it's wise, the police officers didn't fire also
a warning shot, because of the risk of a ricochetschot in the hall of the Station''
COURT VERDICT CONCERNING THE ACQUITTAL OF THE SHOOTING POLICE OFFICER/IN DUTCH
http://uitspraken.rechtspraak.nl/inziendocument?id=ECLI:NL:RBDHA:2013:18257 WIKIPEDIA
RICOCHET
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricochet [12]
NLTIMES.NL
OFFICER WRONLGY THOUGHT RISHI ALREADY DEAD
10 OCTOBER 2013
http://www.nltimes.nl/2013/10/10/officer-wrongly-thought-rishi-already-dead/ EXAMINER
DUTCH POLICE OFFICER EQUATED AFTER FATALLY SHOOTING TEENAGER
RISHI CHANDRIKASING
24 DECEMBER 2013
http://www.examiner.com/article/dutch-police-officer-equated-after-fatally-shooting-teenager-rishi-chandrikasing [13]
''The police officer was convinced the victim was already deceased. A minute and a half after the shot, two officers still started CPR. Ambulance Staff arrived nine minutes later and noted the boy was still alive. He still passed away after arrival in the hospital.''
NLTIMES.NL
OFFICER WRONLGY THOUGHT RISHI ALREADY DEAD
10 OCTOBER 2013
http://www.nltimes.nl/2013/10/10/officer-wrongly-thought-rishi-already-dead/ [14]
” They also state that “if he weren’t Indonesian, there would have been a bigger reaction by society, there would have been more support.”
[My remark, Rishi was not drom Indonesian descent, but from Surinamese/ Indian descent/See note 3]
EAGAINST.COM
WELCOME TO THE KILLING MACHINE, MY DEAR
http://eagainst.com/articles/welcome-to-the-killing-machine-my-dear/ [15]
NLTIMES.NL
THE HAGUE POLICE RACIST
17 OCTOBER 2013
http://www.nltimes.nl/2013/10/17/the-hague-police-racist/ THE AMSTERDAM HERALD
REVIEW OF RACIAL PROFILING IN THE HAGUE FOLLOWS CLAIMS OF
POLICE BRUTALITY AND DISCRIMINATION
29 OCTOBER 2013
http://www.amsterdamherald.com/index.php/rss/1030-20131029-review-racial-profiling-the-hague-follows-claims-police-brutality-discrimination-netherlands-dutch-crime-justice-society ''It is not a coincidence that Rishi was the subject of lethal police violence. As a male of colour, he was already assumed to be criminal and dangerous. This is confirmed by a recent Amnesty International report. It concludes that the police in the Netherlands, as an institution, systematically discriminates against people of colour in their everyday operations, such as ID checks, preventive searches, data collection for intelligence purposes, traffic and tax check-ups, border control, and even house raids on the grounds of detaining undocumented people. ''
THE NORTH STAR
THE WAR ON RISHI: WHY THE DUTCH STATE IS WAGING WAR ON A DEATH TEENAGER
26 DECEMBER 2013
http://www.thenorthstar.info/?p=11699 [16]
DUTCHNEWS.NL
MINORITIES MORE LIKELY TO BE STOPPED IN POLICE CHECKS: AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL
http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2013/10/minorities_more_likely_to_be_s.php AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL
PROACTIEF POLITIEOPTREDEN LEIDT TOT DISCRIMINATIE IN NEDERLAND
28 OCTOBER 2013
Translated:
Amnesty International
Pro-active police conduct [ethnic profiling] leads to discrimination
in the Netherlands
http://www.amnesty.nl/nieuwsportaal/nieuws/proactief-politieoptreden-leidt-tot-discriminatie-in-nederland [17]
''It is clear from the images that the officer who fired the fatal shot, was still walking. This goes against policy. '
The officer should take a stand, with both feet on the ground, and aim for the suspect’s legs.''
NEW NLTIMES
RISHI'S FATAL MOMENT
9 DECEMBER 2013
http://www.nltimes.nl/2013/12/09/rishis-fatal-moment/ ''The police officer was in motion while shooting, which is a breach of police protocol. ''
THE NORTH STAR
THE WAR ON RISHI: WHY THE DUTCH STATE IS WAGING WAR ON A DEATH TEENAGER
26 DECEMBER 2013
http://www.thenorthstar.info/? p=11699 '' From the security footage you can see the officers running towards Chandrikasing, with their guns already drawn. Chandriskasing looks over his shoulder and begins to run away from them. While all men are still running, one of the officers shoots Chandriskasing in his neck.''
THE EXAMINER
DUTCH POLICE OFFICER EQUATED AFTER FATALLY SHOOTING TEENAGER RISHI CHADRIKASING
24 DECEMBER 2013
http://www.examiner.com/article/dutch-police-officer-equated-after-fatally-shooting-teenager-rishi-chandrikasing [18]
''The stress of the situation and the fact both the youth and police officer were moving led to the bullet hitting his neck instead''
DUTCHNEWS.NL
POLICE OFFICER CLEARED OF MANSLAUGHTER OF
UNARMED YOUTH, 17
23 DECEMBER 2013
http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2013/12/police_officer_cleared_of_mans.php [19]
COURT VERDICT CONCERNING THE ACQUITTAL OF THE SHOOTING POLICE OFFICER/IN DUTCH
http://uitspraken.rechtspraak.nl/inziendocument?id=ECLI:NL:RBDHA:2013:18257 De rechtbank heeft begrip voor de door het Openbaar Ministerie gemaakte keuze, maar voegt daaraan wel toe dat hierdoor afbreuk is gedaan aan de centrale rol van het Openbaar Ministerie in het Nederlandse strafprocesrecht en dat de beschuldiging van moord buitengewoon grievend is voor verdachte.
Translated:
Court has understanding for the choice of the Public Prosecution [my addition: to charge the shooting police officer for murder,
besides manslaughter, due to pressure from the family of Rishi], but adds, that this is a breach of the central role of
the Public Prosecution [my addition: which initially only prosecuted the police officer for manslaughter] and that the prosecution
for murder is unneccesarily injurious for the defendant''
COURT VERDICT CONCERNING THE ACQUITTAL OF THE SHOOTING POLICE OFFICER/IN DUTCH
http://uitspraken.rechtspraak.nl/inziendocument?id=ECLI:NL:RBDHA:2013:18257 The judges followed suit and even said that the additional murder charge was “undesirable and unnecessarily injurious.”
THE NORTH STAR
THE WAR ON RISHI: WHY THE DUTCH STATE IS WAGING WAR ON A DEATH TEENAGER
26 DECEMBER 2013
http://www.thenorthstar.info/?p=11699 [20]
On the statement of an Englisman, who filed a complained against Rishi, Court declared,
that there was a ''dangerous situation'' at the The Hague Station because of an ''armed man''
However there is besides the statement of the Englisman, no proof at all, Rishi actually has said the following:
STATEMENT COURT
''Op 24 november 2012 rond 05.45 uur was Rishi [slachtoffer] (hierna: Rishi), aanwezig in de wachtruimte van spoor 3/4 van het station Hollands Spoor in Den Haag.3 Daar heeft hij een Engelsman aangesproken die op een bankje lag te slapen. Hij heeft naar de Engelsman geroepen: “Are you Dutch? You must be Dutch. Every one must be Dutch here. Fuck off. This place is only for Dutch people.” Rishi heeft vervolgens met zijn rechterhand in zijn jaszak gereikt. Hij zei toen: “I have a gun”. Hij greep in zijn linkerbinnenzak en zei: “Now I am going to show you the right way to get out”. De Engelsman heeft geen vuurwapen gezien. Rishi stond ongeveer een meter bij de Engelsman vandaan
Translated:
''At 24 november about 05.45 Rishi [victim] was present in the waiting room of Spoor 3/4
of the Station Hollands Spoor ayt the Hague.
There he has spoken with an Englisman, who slept on a couch.
He has called to the Englisman: ''Are you Dutch? You must be Dutch. Every one must be Dutch here. Fuck off. This place is only for Dutch people.”
Then he reached with his right hand in his pocket. He said then: ''I have a gun''
He grabbed in his left inner pocket and said: ''Now I am going to show you the right way to get out”
The Englisman has seen no firearm.
Rishi stood on a meter distance from the Englisman
COURT VERDICT CONCERNING THE ACQUITTAL OF THE SHOOTING POLICE OFFICER/IN DUTCH
http://uitspraken.rechtspraak.nl/inziendocument?id=ECLI:NL:RBDHA:2013:18257 ''When police was told an armed man had threatened someone at the station, three officers pursued Rishi with their guns pulled. Moments later, he was fatally shot in the neck.''
THE NORTH STAR
THE WAR ON RISHI: WHY THE DUTCH STATE IS WAGING WAR ON A DEATH TEENAGER
26 DECEMBER 2013
http://www.thenorthstar.info/?p=11699 [21]
THE NORTH STAR
THE WAR ON RISHI: WHY THE DUTCH STATE IS WAGING WAR ON A DEATH TEENAGER
26 DECEMBER 2013
http://www.thenorthstar.info/?p=11699 THE AMSTERDAM HERALD/ARMED POLICE OFFICER PROSECUTED OVER FATAL SHOOTING OVER UNARMED
17 YEAR OLD
8 MAY 2013
http://www.amsterdamherald.com/index.php/rss/825-20130508-armed-police-officer-prosecuted-fatal-shooting-17-year-old-rishi-chandrikasing-hollands-spoor-railway-station-den-haag-netherlands-dutch-justice ''He was going home from a party, sober, and asked the conductor for instructions on how to get home.''
EAGAINST.COM
WELCOME TO THE KILLING MACHINE, MY DEAR
http://eagainst.com/articles/welcome-to-the-killing-machine-my-dear/ [22]
THE NORTH STAR
THE WAR ON RISHI: WHY THE DUTCH STATE IS WAGING WAR ON A DEATH TEENAGER
26 DECEMBER 2013
http://www.thenorthstar.info/?p=11699 EAGAINST.COM
WELCOME TO THE KILLING MACHINE, MY DEAR
http://eagainst.com/articles/welcome-to-the-killing-machine-my-dear/ [23]
THE EXAMINER
DUTCH POLICE OFFICER EQUATED AFTER FATALLY SHOOTING TEENAGER RISHI CHADRIKASING
24 DECEMBER 2013
http://www.examiner.com/article/dutch-police-officer-equated-after-fatally-shooting-teenager-rishi-chandrikasing NEW NLTIMES
COPS CLEARED IN 17 YEAR OLDS SHOOTING
23 DECEMBER 2013
http://www.nltimes.nl/2013/12/23/officer-rishi-shooting-acquitted/ COURT VERDICT CONCERNING THE ACQUITTAL OF THE SHOOTING POLICE OFFICER/IN DUTCH
http://uitspraken.rechtspraak.nl/inziendocument?id=ECLI:NL:RBDHA:2013:18257 [24]
STATEWATCH
ANALYSIS
NETHERLANDS: INCREASED USE OF FIREARMS BY DUTCH POLICE
KEES HUDIG
OCTOBER 2012
http://www.statewatch.org/analyses/no-213-holland-police-firearms.pdf OCCUPY NEWS NETWORK
DUTCH POLICE USES VIOLENCE DURING ARREST
http://occupynewsnetwork.co.uk/dutch-police-uses-violence-during-arrest/ IRISHMANABROAD.COM
DUTCH FEMALE POLICE BRUTALITY
20 JUNE 2012
http://www.irishmanabroad.com/2012/06/dutch-female-police-brutality/ IN ENGLISH
POLICEVIOLENCE
Use of violence by and against police in the Netherlands]
[Dutch title: politiegeweld/Geweldgebruik van en tegen de politie
in Nederland]
JAAP TIMMER
http://www.fsw.vu.nl/en/Images/summary%20book_tcm31-42379.pdf DAILY RECORD
BATTLE OF AMSTERDAM
DUTCH POLICE ADMITS USING VIOLENCE TOWARDS CELTIC FANS
.....BUT ONLY TO DEFEND THEMSELVES
9 NOVEMBER 2013
http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/battle-amsterdam-dutch-police-admit-2711951 DUTCHNEWS.NL
CELTIC FANS MAKE 200 COMPLAINTS OF DUTCH POLICE
VIOLENCE
25 NOVEMBER 2013
http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2013/11/celtic_fans_make_200_complaint.php EAGAINST.COM
WELCOME TO THE KILLING MACHINE, MY DEAR
http://eagainst.com/articles/welcome-to-the-killing-machine-my-dear/ [25]
TODAYS ZAMAN
TURKISH MAN KILLED UNDER SEVERE TORTURE IN
DUTCH POLICE STATION
8 JULY 2011
http://todayszaman.com/news-249779-turkish-man-killed-under-severe-torture-in-dutch-police-station.html THE NORTH STAR
THE WAR ON RISHI: WHY THE DUTCH STATE IS WAGING WAR ON A DEATH TEENAGER
26 DECEMBER 2013
http://www.thenorthstar.info/?p=11699 [26]
THE EXAMINER
DUTCH POLICE OFFICER EQUATED AFTER FATALLY SHOOTING TEENAGER RISHI CHADRIKASING
24 DECEMBER 2013
http://www.examiner.com/article/dutch-police-officer-equated-after-fatally-shooting-teenager-rishi-chandrikasing NEW NLTIMES
COPS CLEARED IN 17 YEAR OLDS SHOOTING
23 DECEMBER 2013
http://www.nltimes.nl/2013/12/23/officer-rishi-shooting-acquitted/ COURT VERDICT CONCERNING THE ACQUITTAL OF THE SHOOTING POLICE OFFICER/IN DUTCH
http://uitspraken.rechtspraak.nl/inziendocument?id=ECLI:NL:RBDHA:2013:18257 [27]
''The public silence over his murder leaves us with a daunting question; who will be next, and when?''
THE NORTH STAR
THE WAR ON RISHI: WHY THE DUTCH STATE IS WAGING WAR ON A DEATH TEENAGER
26 DECEMBER 2013
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