Late Wednesday afternoon, the president of the city's police union said that the vicious beating of 21-year-old Ehud Halevy by two officers at the Aliya Institute last week “was justified.”
“Using force always appears to be severe but is necessary to arrest a culprit who resists,” said Patrick J. Lynch, president of the Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association, a union which represents police officers.
“The officer must use force to gain compliance and handcuff the offender. In this case, it is clear from the video that when the officer attempted to take the culprit's arm he resisted by twisting and turning away.”
Haleavy was not seriously injured, but the officers charged him with assaulting them.
Rabbi Moshe Feiglin, director of the Aliya Institute, said Lynch’s comments are outrageous and that the charges against HaLevi should be dropped. “Almost every charge is baseless,” he said.
“And even if he was supposed to leave, he wasn’t supposed to get such a beating before leaving,” another rabbi added.
His attorneys insist the charges should be dropped.
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