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Report on police racism in the Basque Parliament

  • The Committee on Security of the Basque Parliament has denounced the systematic identification of racialized people, the police abuse against them and the impunity of these acts, based on the manifesto 29-M Stop Police Racism signed by 118 officers.

18 May 2021 - 16:15

In the Bilbaíno neighborhood of San Francisco, last year the "brutal" detention by the Ertzaintza of her son and mother was recorded and disseminated, and several groups denounced that the neighborhood is "militarized" and its migrant and racialized population is suffering "police abuse and mistreatment". This gave rise to the manifesto presented by SOS Racism Bizkaia in the Basque Parliament.

"As in all cases where malpractice is detected, we are investigating the video," said Security Advisor Estefanía Beltrán de Heredia at the time, but SOS members have clarified that they have no record of this internal investigation.

They have pointed out that this event is nothing more than the tip of the iceberg, that racist action by the police is common and that they also act with impunity. “People don’t stay for actions, but for physical characteristics.”

Significant information has been added to the Commission: Most of the complaints received in SOS Racism are directed against police actions that are being denounced.

They have pointed out that these police practices are discriminatory and illegal and have proposed precautionary measures to deal with the police actions being developed. For example, to monitor the procedures of the Ertzaintza and the Local Police, to allow and guarantee the racist prejudices and actions that may be taken into account in the selection and training of ertzainas and police, as well as complaints to eliminate impunity for police abuses.


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