Associate Professor of the Department of Politics and International Relations of the University of Darem (Great Britain) Marin Nivevenhuis believes that the level of police violence in the country continues to grow after the incident with Mitch Enrixes, who died shortly after the police in the Hague (Netherlands) in 2015.
In an interview with the correspondent of the Anadolu agency (AA), Nivevenhuis shared his opinion regarding the growth of racist police violence in the Netherlands in recent years and its causes.
noting that police violence is most common during protests, Nivevenhuis added: “In recent years in the Netherlands, we have been observing four main types of demonstrations. The first is Black Lives Matter and Kick Out Zwarte Piet (anti -festival demonstrations organized due to the arrival In the Netherlands of St. Nicholas, known in the Christian world as Santa Claus), the second is the protests of the Dutch farmers, the third – the protests of the Extination Rebellion related to the climatic crisis, and, finally, the ultra -right protests. “
– the level of police violence in the Netherlands has been growing for 4 consecutive years
C reference to the report of the Controla Alt Delete human rights organization for 2022, which monitors a police violence and ethnic profiling in the Netherlands, Nivevenhuis continues: “The report has evidence that the Dutch police intervenes in public events with greater strength than before. Controle Alt Delete documented that the level of police violence in the country has been growing for 4 consecutive years. “
According to the report, in 2022 the Dutch police used violence 33 thousand 584 times, and this number has been constantly growing since 2019:
“Controle Alt Delete has recorded that since the tragic death of Mitch Enrixes in 2015, almost 100 people have died as a result of violence from the police. About a third of the victims have been migrants in origin. Amnesty International also criticized the rules for applying the Dutch police force, Having reported that the police can be too aggressive and rude when using tuts, police dogs, batons, suffocating techniques and weapons, ”the scientist emphasizes.
Nivevenhuis notes the lack of judicial persecution against police officers involved in the murders of people: “Unlike other Western countries, in the Netherlands, in most cases, police officers are not held accountable.”