- In the early morning of August 7, the Ertzaintza arrested him in Vitoria-Gasteiz for shooting policemen in the street. The Ertzainas have denounced that during the time he was in the hands of the agents, they attacked him and insulted him on several occasions. However, he who went through the court was himself, since he was accused of "attack on the police".
This Wednesday, August 12, dozens of young people have concentrated in the corner of San Marcos del Casco Viejo de Vitoria-Gasteiz to denounce police persecution against a young man. Moreover, on the pretext of preventing the festivities, the major operations carried out by the Ertzaintza, as reported by Guedar, have been brought to light.
According to the testimony of the young woman, she was arrested early on Friday 7 August and was subjected to "beatings" and "ill-treatment" by the Ertzainas, as the agent recorded them in an operation. The agents entered Pintorería Street at "full speed", so the young man started recording the facts with his mobile phone. As a result, they withheld him and ordered him to surrender the cell phone. In the face of the young man's refusal, they assured him that they "beat" him and "threatened" him in the street, where he has been arrested. In the end, they reported that they had "forced to deliver the phone" and "erase the video."
They then took the young man to the police station, where they "bare him", "insulted him" and "beat him", according to the same sources. Finally, he was transferred to the courts for an alleged crime of "attack on the police". The agents have stressed that the only test he had to defend himself "erased" and destroyed it.
They considered it essential to publicly denounce such cases, “in order to limit their impunity”.