Police arrested a Haifa resident this evening (Thursday) on suspicion of violating public order at the entrance to the Zevulun police station during a protest against the decision to immediately cancel the suspension of the policeman accused of causing the death of Salomon Taka. The suspect, 39, was arrested after blocking the entry and exit of police vehicles to and from the station. Depending on the development of the investigation, the police will decide whether to request an extension of the suspect’s detention, tomorrow in the Magistrate’s Court in Haifa.
The aforementioned protest began following the decision of Coastal District Commander Superintendent Yoram Sofer, who took up his new post after moving from the Southern District and meeting this morning with the police officer accused of causing Salomon Taka’s death, to immediately cancel the police officer’s suspension. .
Minister Arden on a condolence visit to the Taka family
The officer’s lawyer, Yair Nadshi, said in response: “Welcomes the decision to return the officer to active service. It is time to return the officer to his natural place in the service of the Israel Police and as they claimed from the beginning.”
Immigration and Absorption Minister Pnina Temano-Sheta resented the decision and said that “it is a shame and disgrace to return a police officer to the service who is being prosecuted for manslaughter. To bring back a police officer so easily against whom the trial is still taking place in the shadow of family allegations The late Teka again. Something here is very spoiled – police violence and profiling are not treated as they should have been, with determination and zero tolerance.
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Where’s Home Secretary Ohana? Where is the Deputy Minister of Public Prosecutions Gadi Yabarkan? They are sleeping standing up instead of fulfilling their role – this is a scandal! Just imagine that boys from Ethiopia will have to be interrogated by the same policeman who stole the life of the late young Teka. I appeal to the Minister of Public Works and his deputy to immediately stop his return to office until the end of the trial in order to prevent future fatal mistakes. “
Sisat Fanta, a senior social activist in the Ethiopian community, said: “Once again the police and media have been shown to join hands, distorting facts and harming the Teka family and community. We will not sit idly by and our response will be appropriate and sound. We will not block roads “We do not trust the system in light of everything that has happened in the wake of this serious incident.”
Taka, an 18-year-old Ethiopian member of the community, was staying with his friends in a grove near the Nirim youth club in Kiryat Haim in June 2019. A police officer who arrived at the scene in civilian clothes claimed he shot after a confrontation broke out, adding that he tried to separate Between the parties and while identifying himself as a policeman, those involved began throwing stones at him. Eyewitnesses, however, allege that the shooting was carried out by the police officer during a chase he was conducting after two young men, who fled after being asked by him if they were involved in the robbery.