Amnesty accuses Austrian police of racist practices

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Deutsche Presse-Agentur

Amnesty accuses Austrian police of racist practices
Posted : Thu, 09 Apr 2009 11:42:06 GMT
Author : DPA

Vienna - Austrian police and judicial authorities are plagued by "institutional racism" and treat people according to skin colour, the human rights watchdog Amnesty International concluded in a report presented on Thursday. The problem was not only that 55 per cent of alleged victims of ill-treatment by police were foreigners or of foreign origin, according to the study.

A wider issue was racial profiling practiced by police, Heinz Patzelt, the head of Amnesty's Austrian chapter, told reporters in Vienna.

Law enforcement officers were quick to suspect foreigners - especially people from African countries - and to treat them more violently during police operations, he suggested.

"The result is clear: That is racial discrimination," Patzelt said.

In a recent case, Mike Brennan, a US black citizen, was allegedly mistreated and injured in February, as Vienna police mistook him for a drug dealer and wrestled him to the ground.




Read more: http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/263796,amnesty-accuses-austrian-police-of-racist-practices.html

[old mark]

1. Austria also has statutes of limitations on Nazi war crimes.

They have never prosecuted high ranking Nazis and won't prosecute any of them anymore, even those deported from other countries, because the time ran out.
Hitler's birthplace.
Nice country to stay out of.

mark

[Blue_Tires]

2. i know this has been a growing concern

in european countries...especially those with increasing african immigration...

[pattmarty]

3. Jesus, why don't they go to any larger American city if they................

............want to see racist cops and just out of control "thugs".