JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Police detained a young woman Tuesday for not wearing a mask in an urban neighborhood of Jerusalem. Sounds familiar? However in this instance the girl was in the car park of her own building (see video below) and rightly refused to accompany the police or identify herself. In a public place it is an obligation to wear a mask but a person in their courtyard, even if it is adjacent to a public thoroughfare, should not be detained for not wearing a mask.
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The policewomen fought with the girl for a few minutes and then one of them had enough and sprayed tear gas in her face. Tear gas is a noxious substance which should only be used in extreme cases of violence. In this case the girl was simply resisting being detained and should not have been arrested so violently in front of her neighbors. Police rules state that in a situation where it is possible to identify a citizen in other ways, force should not be applied and in this case they could simply have gone up to her apartment and obtained her ID.
The lack of sensitivity and boorishness displayed by police in enforcing coronavirus regulations has destroyed all faith in the police force as an objective body protecting the interests of the population. Most Israelis (even secular) view the police as a group addicted to using gratuitous violence and brute force in order to cover their inability to maintain proper order using the regular methods. As one blogger put it: “Police have been trained to act against criminals. It was not properly explained to them that at present these are not criminals and the situation is complicated. From the minister down to the field commanders nobody understands the difference between enforcement of emergency regulations which is policing and public order and preventing criminal activities. This is a shame.”
התיעוד מההתחלה. pic.twitter.com/5weP2CyFmK
— אריאל אלחרר (@ariel_elharar_) October 20, 2020
Yair Levy filmed the same incident from a different angle
אם שלשום בביקורי במודיעין עילית ובדרכי לשטיבלאך היכל יצחק בקרית ספר, קופצים עליי מאות (כן נשבע שמאות) תושבים, בסיפורים אנושיים מסמרי שיער על התעללות, רדיפה, הסתה, וכו וכו'
ואני לא נציג? לא ח"מ, לא שום כלום רק צייצן וכתב קטן, זה אומר שהציבור מרגיש יתום!!!
הציבור מופקר!!!! pic.twitter.com/RvMzLt2Lv7— יאיר לוי (@iairLevy) October 20, 2020
Ariel Elcharar also brought a picture from the previous incident (reported by VINnews) in which a Chareidi woman was arrested by police for not wearing a mask properly while a secular woman without a mask looks on and police do nothing to her. This selective and discriminatory enforcement is what has enraged the chareidi community.
בסד
It’s a good thing
That this confrontation did not take place in Dimona!
Alyia is the answer, NOT
So sad to see women going against their nature and becoming police officers. Sad that it’s a practice in a Jewish state, we should know better. I’m a proud feminist. But we should pride ourselves in our lofty character and personality that G-d gave us, and seek employment that gives a chance to use our wonderful personalities. This behaviour is shameful and a total disgrace to Jews and to womanhood!
The police are carrying out the policies of the Netanyahu regime. It has been consistent in its hostility to Torah Jews. We see this from the unrelenting persecution in Yeshah and open hatred of Hareidim. May this regime finally fall and be replaced by a government that is loyal to the Jewish people and not to foreign financial interests. May all those who willingly participated in the persecution of Jews be judged both in this world and the next and be severely punished for their crimes.
Female officers tend to overreact and often employ excessive force.
Just saying…
Someone should tell the young woman to obey a police officer request for ID and not pull hair of police. The young woman was lucky she was not shot dead as would have happened in the USA.