During this past Easter week, Danish politician and activist, Rasmus Paludan, (he also has dual Swedish-Danish citizenship) went to several Swedish cities and burned Korans, which led to several Muslim riots. On April 14, Paludan was detained by Swedish police in Linköping and charged with inciting a riot that had broken out before he even arrived at the scene. The demonstration he was planning (in which he planned to burn a Koran) had been authorized by the city, and Paludan was sitting in a car two kilometers away in the company of police.
Now a Swedish court has ruled that the arrest was illegal.
The below article from Nyheter Idag is translated by Fousesquawk.
https://nyheteridag.se/domstol-polisen-gjorde-fel-som-grep-paludan/
Court: Police who arrested Paludan erred
Linköping On Maundy Thursday (April 14), the Danish-Swedish politician, Rasmus Paludan, was detained by police in Linköping. This after a violent riot broke out in the neighborhood of Skäggetorp. Now the administrative court in Linköping has ruled on the police actions and maintains that the arrest of Paludan was wrong. That is reported by Dagens Nyheter, among others.
The riot in Skäggetorp took place after Rasmus Paludan was granted permission to hold a demonstration in the neighborhood, where he planned, among other things, to burn a Koran.
However, Paludan never had time to hold the public gathering before the chaotic scenes broke out, where, among other things, rocks were thrown at police who later withdrew from the scene. Instead, he found himself in a car in a parking lot two kilometers away in the company of police officers who thought that he should not go to Skäggetorp.
The arrest was made at 16:52 on the basis that Paludan had caused the riot. The decision came from a commander and caused surprise within the police.
It was a very far-fetched interpretation of the law. Paludan wasn't even at the scene. He should file a police report of this, a policeman has told DN (Dagens Nyheter).
Paludan was held at the police station for just over 1-1/2 hours, and because of this, he canceled the planned and authorized gathering in Navestad in Norrköping. But riots also broke out there-even though Paludan wasn't at the scene.
Gave no resistance
According to the (written) police report, Paludan gave no resistance at the time of arrest. Instead, he afterward appealed the police's decision at the administrative court in Linköping, which now announces that the police action was wrong.
According to the administrative court, police may not detain people in order to control the behavior of others. In addition, it was stated that Paludan wasn't even in the vicinity of Skäggetorp when the riot broke out.
Accordingly, the police actions are rejected.
"Even if a violent riot can be connected to a public gathering, a temporary custody presupposes that it is an individual's behavior or actions that lead to disruption or a direct danger to public order," the court writes, according to TT (Sweden's national news bureau).
Police authorities have chosen not to comment on the court.
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