Judgment in the Mouhamed case: Police from acquittals in Dortmund!

Judgment in the Mouhamed case: Police from acquittals in Dortmund!

On Thursday, December 12, 2024, the Dortmund district court decides on the fall of the fatal police deletes on 16-year-old Mouhamed Dramé. The adolescent died in August 2022 when he was made from a machine gun when he was used in a youth welfare facility of five shots. Mouhamed, a refugee from Senegal, had leaned in a niche with a knife on the stomach and, according to the officials, wanted to injure himself. After his aggressive behavior, the service group leader ordered the use of pepper spray, which, however, did not have the desired effect and made Mouhamed to approach the police officers before the fatal shot fell. According to a report by Radio 91.2 , the five employees of the police are now counted with free sayings for four of them.

process details and indictment points

A total of five civil servants were charged. The shooter, against which homicide was initially accused, could rely on the self -defense situation. "He believed that he was mistaken in such a situation," as the public prosecutor explained. In addition, two police officers and a police officer have been charged with dangerous bodily harm and a head of operations for founding. The taking of evidence led to a change in the evaluation of the public prosecutor. This ultimately called for four accused, while only a conviction for negligent homicide is promised to the head of operations, reports Süddeutsche Zeitung .

The intensive media reporting and the legal consequences of the case throw a shadow on the police officers who always justified that they should have acted to protect themselves and others. Before the district court, today's judgment would be considered directional, both for the officials involved and for the public perception of police operations, especially in the context of mentally stressed persons.