The Minister of Justice Rustam Badasyan wrote on his Facebook page, “I consider it necessary to make several recordings in connection with the video of bringing the citizen spread on the social network today.
- The video shows only a part of the incident.
- From the very beginning of the video, it is obvious that the hat of one of the policemen is on the ground, but the actions that preceded it, including the behavior and actions of the citizen not to obey the lawful request of the police, are not visible.
- Therefore, it is obvious that in the conditions of witnessing the behavior of the citizen who preceded the statement “let me go, I am coming”, it is only possible to predict and assess the credibility of the statement and, consequently, the proportionality of the police actions.
P.S. In order to have an effective police force, it is necessary for the police officer not to be constrained while acting within the law and not to be subjected to unnecessary criticism,” he said.