22 apr 2018
Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs Commission on Sunday filed a petition to the Israeli Supreme Court demanding the release of the bodies of slain Palestinians Mohammed Anbar and Mohammed Marshoud.
The Commission said in a statement that Sunday's petition was filed because the Israeli prosecution did not respond to the preliminary petition it had submitted previously for the same issue.
It added that procrastination has become an approach followed by the Israeli prosecution in dealing with the petitions filed by the Commission with respect to the detained martyrs.
Mohammed Anbar, 46, died early April a few days after he was shot by Israeli soldiers near Jbara checkpoint in Tulkarem.
Mohammed Marshoud, 30, died in April also of wounds he sustained after an Israeli settler shot him in al-Khan al-Ahmar area between Jerusalem and Jericho.
In another context, a report released by the Detainees and Ex-Detainees Commission revealed that the sick prisoners held at Ramla prison hospital are suffering from severe health problems and some of them are in real danger.
The report noted that the prisoners are denied proper treatment and only given painkillers.
The Commission said in a statement that Sunday's petition was filed because the Israeli prosecution did not respond to the preliminary petition it had submitted previously for the same issue.
It added that procrastination has become an approach followed by the Israeli prosecution in dealing with the petitions filed by the Commission with respect to the detained martyrs.
Mohammed Anbar, 46, died early April a few days after he was shot by Israeli soldiers near Jbara checkpoint in Tulkarem.
Mohammed Marshoud, 30, died in April also of wounds he sustained after an Israeli settler shot him in al-Khan al-Ahmar area between Jerusalem and Jericho.
In another context, a report released by the Detainees and Ex-Detainees Commission revealed that the sick prisoners held at Ramla prison hospital are suffering from severe health problems and some of them are in real danger.
The report noted that the prisoners are denied proper treatment and only given painkillers.
Ahed Tamimi, 17, is serving an eight-month prison sentence after she was filmed slapping an Israeli soldier
Ahed Tamimi, the Palestinian teenager famed for slapping an Israeli soldier on camera, should have been shot, at least in the knee, Deputy Knesset Speaker Bezalel Smotrich (Habayit Hayehudi) wrote on Twitter Saturday.
“In my opinion, she should have gotten a bullet, at least in the kneecap,” he wrote. “That would have put her under house arrest for the rest of her life.”
Ahed Tamimi, the Palestinian teenager famed for slapping an Israeli soldier on camera, should have been shot, at least in the knee, Deputy Knesset Speaker Bezalel Smotrich (Habayit Hayehudi) wrote on Twitter Saturday.
“In my opinion, she should have gotten a bullet, at least in the kneecap,” he wrote. “That would have put her under house arrest for the rest of her life.”
Bezalel Smotrich
He was responding to journalist Yinon Magal, who had reposted the footage of Tamimi slapping the soldier along with the text, “I’m watching this clip again and am so glad that Tamimi is still in jail. Sometimes, it’s good that the mills of justice grind slowly.”
Tamimi, 17, was arrested and charged soon after the incident took place last December. In March, she was convicted in a plea bargain of assaulting a soldier, incitement and interfering with a soldier in the line of duty. She was sentenced to eight months in prison plus a fine of 5,000 shekels ($1,400).
MK Michal Rozin (Meretz) responded angrily to Smotrich’s tweet. “You should be ashamed of yourself! Should the hilltop youth from Samaria who threw stones at IDF soldiers last week also have been shot?” she wrote on Twitter, referring to violent settlers in the northern West Bank. “Oh, I forgot – the law is different for enemies ...”
“I don’t accept your excuses and explanations,” she added. “You’re a thug and an inciter.”
Tamimi’s mother Nariman and cousin Nur were also convicted in slapping incident. Nariman Tamimi, who shot the video, was sentenced to eight months in prison and a 6,000-shekel fine for incitement, abetting an assault and interfering with a soldier in the line of duty. Nur, who also slapped the soldier, was given a five-month suspended sentence and fined 2,000 shekels.
In the original indictment, Ahed Tamimi was also charged with several other offenses, including throwing stones on various occasions.
He was responding to journalist Yinon Magal, who had reposted the footage of Tamimi slapping the soldier along with the text, “I’m watching this clip again and am so glad that Tamimi is still in jail. Sometimes, it’s good that the mills of justice grind slowly.”
Tamimi, 17, was arrested and charged soon after the incident took place last December. In March, she was convicted in a plea bargain of assaulting a soldier, incitement and interfering with a soldier in the line of duty. She was sentenced to eight months in prison plus a fine of 5,000 shekels ($1,400).
MK Michal Rozin (Meretz) responded angrily to Smotrich’s tweet. “You should be ashamed of yourself! Should the hilltop youth from Samaria who threw stones at IDF soldiers last week also have been shot?” she wrote on Twitter, referring to violent settlers in the northern West Bank. “Oh, I forgot – the law is different for enemies ...”
“I don’t accept your excuses and explanations,” she added. “You’re a thug and an inciter.”
Tamimi’s mother Nariman and cousin Nur were also convicted in slapping incident. Nariman Tamimi, who shot the video, was sentenced to eight months in prison and a 6,000-shekel fine for incitement, abetting an assault and interfering with a soldier in the line of duty. Nur, who also slapped the soldier, was given a five-month suspended sentence and fined 2,000 shekels.
In the original indictment, Ahed Tamimi was also charged with several other offenses, including throwing stones on various occasions.
About 500 Palestinian detainees held in Israeli prisons without charge or trial are continuing their open-ended boycott of Israeli military courts for the 67th consecutive day.
The detainees started their strike in protest against their arbitrary detention, as well as due to the increasing use of administrative detention orders by the Israeli occupation authorities.
Head of the Prisoners’ and Ex-Prisoners’ Commission, Issa Qaraqe, called for mobilizing support for the administrative detainees’ cause and for exposing the incessant Israeli crimes against Palestinian prisoners.
“Israel is the only entity in the world that imprisons civilians without fair trials,” he said.
Israel’s widely condemned policy of administrative detention allows detention of Palestinian detainees without charge or trial for renewable intervals, usually ranging between three and six months, based on undisclosed evidence that even a detainee’s lawyer is barred from viewing.
Nearly 6,500 Palestinian detainees are locked up in Israeli dungeons, among them 450 administrative prisoners.
More than 52,000 administrative detention orders have been issued by the Israeli occupation authorities against Palestinian detainees since 1967.
The detainees started their strike in protest against their arbitrary detention, as well as due to the increasing use of administrative detention orders by the Israeli occupation authorities.
Head of the Prisoners’ and Ex-Prisoners’ Commission, Issa Qaraqe, called for mobilizing support for the administrative detainees’ cause and for exposing the incessant Israeli crimes against Palestinian prisoners.
“Israel is the only entity in the world that imprisons civilians without fair trials,” he said.
Israel’s widely condemned policy of administrative detention allows detention of Palestinian detainees without charge or trial for renewable intervals, usually ranging between three and six months, based on undisclosed evidence that even a detainee’s lawyer is barred from viewing.
Nearly 6,500 Palestinian detainees are locked up in Israeli dungeons, among them 450 administrative prisoners.
More than 52,000 administrative detention orders have been issued by the Israeli occupation authorities against Palestinian detainees since 1967.
18 apr 2018
Noted Palestinian figures have condemned an Israeli court in Occupied Jerusalem for allowing Jewish settlers to chant “Am Yisrael Chai,” which means the people of Israel live or are alive in Hebrew, at the Aqsa Mosque compound.
Sheikh Najah Bukairat, director of education at the Aqsa Mosque, told the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) that all Israeli practices inside the Mosque are considered reprehensible acts of bullying, stressing that the Islamic holy site is not subject to Israeli laws or court verdicts.
For his part, researcher Jama Amr, a specialist in the history of Jerusalem and Aqsa, said that such Israeli step was aimed at responding to the Muslims’ religious chant “Allahu Akbar,” which means God is the greatest in Arabic.
He warned that the Israeli occupation tries to pave the way for its control over the Aqsa Mosque, describing the court decision as “extremely serious.”
The Jerusalem magistrate court ruled Monday that it is permitted for Jewish visitors to the Aqsa Mosque compound to shout “Am Yisrael chai” (The people of Israel live) at the pretext that it is a patriotic slogan rather than a prayer.
The court made its ruling in the case of Itamar Ben Gvir, a right-wing activist and lawyer who was removed from the site by the Israeli police in September 2015 and detained for a few hours at the time after shouting out the slogan.
Sheikh Najah Bukairat, director of education at the Aqsa Mosque, told the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) that all Israeli practices inside the Mosque are considered reprehensible acts of bullying, stressing that the Islamic holy site is not subject to Israeli laws or court verdicts.
For his part, researcher Jama Amr, a specialist in the history of Jerusalem and Aqsa, said that such Israeli step was aimed at responding to the Muslims’ religious chant “Allahu Akbar,” which means God is the greatest in Arabic.
He warned that the Israeli occupation tries to pave the way for its control over the Aqsa Mosque, describing the court decision as “extremely serious.”
The Jerusalem magistrate court ruled Monday that it is permitted for Jewish visitors to the Aqsa Mosque compound to shout “Am Yisrael chai” (The people of Israel live) at the pretext that it is a patriotic slogan rather than a prayer.
The court made its ruling in the case of Itamar Ben Gvir, a right-wing activist and lawyer who was removed from the site by the Israeli police in September 2015 and detained for a few hours at the time after shouting out the slogan.
16 apr 2018
Israel’s High Court turned down a petition demanding that the occupation authorities issue an official resolution banning the shooting of Palestinian protesters during the Great March of Return rallies in the blockaded Gaza Strip.
According to the Hebrew-speaking Yediot Aharonot, the High Court of Israel claimed that its adjudicators are not eligible to look into cases filed by those affected by Israeli military policies in Gaza.
After three weeks in which Israeli army snipers have killed dozens and wounded thousands of protesters inside the Gaza Strip, four prominent human rights organizations petitioned Israel’s High Court of Justice on Sunday, demanding that the court order the government to revoke the rules of engagement that permit shooting demonstrators who pose no danger to human life.
The overwhelming majority of those who were killed and wounded by Israeli forces over the past three weeks were unarmed participants in the “Great Return March,” a 45-day series of festivals and protests set to culminate on Nakba Day in mid-May.
The rules of engagement that the army has applied to besieged Gaza permit soldiers to shoot live rounds at demonstrators regardless of whether they actually endanger human life, according to the petition. Moreover, the regulations allow soldiers to shoot demonstrators who get too close to the border fence, even if they are not posing a danger to anyone.
At least six Palestinian journalists were reportedly among those shot at the Great Return March in recent weeks. One of them, Yasser Murtaja, a photographer for “Ain Media” who was wearing a helmet and vest clearly marked “PRESS” when he was shot, later died of his wounds.
The four Israeli human rights organizations behind petition, the Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI), Yesh Din, Gisha, and Hamoked: Center for the Defense of the Individual, argued that there is no prohibition on holding demonstrations in Gaza, and that violence or attempts to cross the border fence should be seen as civil disturbances — not armed warfare. Therefore, the demonstrations are not subject to the laws of war and they do they justify use of live fire.
Despite international criticism and calls for an independent investigation into the killings, Israeli authorities have doubled down on the decision to open fire on unarmed protesters.
Last week, Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court Fatou Bensouda warned that violence against civilians — in a situation such as one prevailing in Gaza could constitute war crimes.
According to the Hebrew-speaking Yediot Aharonot, the High Court of Israel claimed that its adjudicators are not eligible to look into cases filed by those affected by Israeli military policies in Gaza.
After three weeks in which Israeli army snipers have killed dozens and wounded thousands of protesters inside the Gaza Strip, four prominent human rights organizations petitioned Israel’s High Court of Justice on Sunday, demanding that the court order the government to revoke the rules of engagement that permit shooting demonstrators who pose no danger to human life.
The overwhelming majority of those who were killed and wounded by Israeli forces over the past three weeks were unarmed participants in the “Great Return March,” a 45-day series of festivals and protests set to culminate on Nakba Day in mid-May.
The rules of engagement that the army has applied to besieged Gaza permit soldiers to shoot live rounds at demonstrators regardless of whether they actually endanger human life, according to the petition. Moreover, the regulations allow soldiers to shoot demonstrators who get too close to the border fence, even if they are not posing a danger to anyone.
At least six Palestinian journalists were reportedly among those shot at the Great Return March in recent weeks. One of them, Yasser Murtaja, a photographer for “Ain Media” who was wearing a helmet and vest clearly marked “PRESS” when he was shot, later died of his wounds.
The four Israeli human rights organizations behind petition, the Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI), Yesh Din, Gisha, and Hamoked: Center for the Defense of the Individual, argued that there is no prohibition on holding demonstrations in Gaza, and that violence or attempts to cross the border fence should be seen as civil disturbances — not armed warfare. Therefore, the demonstrations are not subject to the laws of war and they do they justify use of live fire.
Despite international criticism and calls for an independent investigation into the killings, Israeli authorities have doubled down on the decision to open fire on unarmed protesters.
Last week, Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court Fatou Bensouda warned that violence against civilians — in a situation such as one prevailing in Gaza could constitute war crimes.
13 apr 2018
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In a step aimed at covering up Israeli crimes, MK Robert Ilatov (Yisrael Beytenu) has called for introducing a new bill punishing anyone who photograph or videorecord soldiers while performing their duties in order to undermine their morale.
He made his proposal after a video went viral on the internet showing an Israeli soldier shooting at a Palestinian on Gaza border as other follow soldiers were verbally attacking other protesters. According to the Hebrew newspaper Israel Hayom, the proposed bill calls for imposing a five-year prison punishment on anyone exposing on-duty soldiers’ behavior. It also calls for jailing for 10 years anyone who does so with the intention of |
harming Israel’s national security.
The proposed bill mentions NGOs such as B’Tselem, Machsom Watch and Breaking the Silence, calling them “anti-Israel and pro-Palestinian...and BDS organizations.”
It claims that “for many years, there has been a disturbing phenomenon in Israel of documenting soldiers through videos, stills and voice recordings,” and that some NGOs have people follow soldiers all day long to try to “document them in a biased and slanted way... while sometimes accusing and insulting them.”
Ilatov said the time came to put an end to what he called “anarchy.” “It cannot be that any left-wing activist or organization, supported by foreign entities, can get free access and document, undisturbed, soldiers on duty.”
“We have the responsibility to give soldiers the optimal conditions to do their jobs, without them having to be worried about a left-wing activist or organization sending out their photo and trying to shame them.”
The proposed bill mentions NGOs such as B’Tselem, Machsom Watch and Breaking the Silence, calling them “anti-Israel and pro-Palestinian...and BDS organizations.”
It claims that “for many years, there has been a disturbing phenomenon in Israel of documenting soldiers through videos, stills and voice recordings,” and that some NGOs have people follow soldiers all day long to try to “document them in a biased and slanted way... while sometimes accusing and insulting them.”
Ilatov said the time came to put an end to what he called “anarchy.” “It cannot be that any left-wing activist or organization, supported by foreign entities, can get free access and document, undisturbed, soldiers on duty.”
“We have the responsibility to give soldiers the optimal conditions to do their jobs, without them having to be worried about a left-wing activist or organization sending out their photo and trying to shame them.”
27 mar 2018
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A group of around fifteen Israeli colonialist families invaded, on Monday at night, two Palestinian buildings close to the Ibrahimi Mosque, in the southern West Bank city of Hebron, despite being evicted earlier following a court ruling.
The colonizers invaded the two buildings, after claiming they purchased them with the approval of the ‘Civil Defense Administration,” which is the executive branch of the Israeli military occupation of the West Bank. One of the homes is owned by Za’tari family members who said that the colonizers stormed their building, terrorizing the children, and |
kicked them out, before raising the Israeli flag on top of the building.
Israeli soldiers were heavily deployed in the area but did not intervene or try to remove the illegal colonizers.
It is worth mentioning that the colonizers invaded the two buildings, two years ago, and created colonialist outposts, they dubbed ‘Beit Rachel” and Beit Leah,” but were evicted by the army after a court ruling, despite their allegations of “purchasing the properties.”
Israeli soldiers were heavily deployed in the area but did not intervene or try to remove the illegal colonizers.
It is worth mentioning that the colonizers invaded the two buildings, two years ago, and created colonialist outposts, they dubbed ‘Beit Rachel” and Beit Leah,” but were evicted by the army after a court ruling, despite their allegations of “purchasing the properties.”
Mahmoud Ahmad Odeh, 46
The Israeli prosecutor’s office has dropped all charges against an Israeli colonizer who, on November 30, 2017, shot and killed a Palestinian farmer, after a group of colonizers attacked Palestinians who were working in their orchard.
Israeli sources said the prosecution ruled that the colonizers who opened fire on the Palestinians, including the one who killed Mahmoud Ahmad Odeh, 46, “acted in self-defense,” and alleged that the colonial Israeli settlers “were picnicking in the area when Mahmoud and several other Palestinians hurled stones at them, mildly wounding one.”
The prosecutor’s office therefore dropped the “negligent homicide” charges against the Israeli perpetrator who killed Odeh.
Palestinian eyewitnesses of the fatal Israeli attack contradicted the Israeli allegation and confirmed that the Israeli colonizers assaulted many Palestinian farmers in their olive orchards in Qusra village, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, and opened fire at them, killing Odeh after shooting him with a live round in the chest.
The incident took place when approximately 20 settlers who came from the illegal “Yesh Kod” outpost, which was built on private Palestinian lands, assaulted the Palestinian and his family, before one of them shot Mahmoud.
The colony where the Israeli assailants reside is nearly 15 kilometers away from the Odeh’s land.
Following the shooting, Emad Jamil, a member of Qusra Village Council, said that “It is clear they infiltrated the area, close to many Palestinian homes, with one goal in mind, to commit murder – there have been many attacks by colonists in this area, including the burning, cutting and uprooting of trees.”
Eyewitnesses said the colonizers attacked many farmers in the area, and assaulted Odeh while in his orchard in Ras al-Nakhel area, east of the village, before shooting him with a live round in the chest.
Hours after the fatal Israeli attack, dozens of settlers and soldiers invaded Qusra, before the army shot and seriously wounded one Palestinian in his pelvis, and injured many others, while the settlers also smashed the front windshield and one of the windows of a Palestinian ambulance, wounding the driver in his eye.
The Palestinian Red Crescent identified the injuries among the Palestinians as:
Scores of Palestinians who suffered the effects of teargas inhalation.
Case closed against parents who shot dead Palestinian attacker
Central District Attorney's Office cites lack of guilt in decision to close case against parents who accompanied group of 20 children on trip near Qusra and came under attack by a Palestinian mob; the shooting of Mahmoud Za’al Odeh, who was among the rioters, was found to be in self defense.
The Central District Attorney's Office said Monday it has decided to close the case against two Israelis who shot dead a Palestinian who was part of a group throwing stones at a group of children they were accompanying, citing lack of guilt.
The decision stated the shooting of 47-year-old Mahmoud Za’al Odeh from the village of Qusra was found to be in self defense.
On November 30, 2017, a group of 20 Israeli children and two parents accompanying them went on a Bar Mitzva trip near the village of Qusra, in the Nablus Governorate.
During their hike, the Israeli group came under attack by dozens of Palestinian rioters, including Odeh, who hurled rocks and stones at them from up a slope.
The two parents, who claimed they felt their lives were in danger, said they only fired warning shots into the air. One of the bullets hit Odeh, killing him.
The Israeli group fled their attackers into a cave, with some of the Palestinians pursuing and attacking the children and one of the parents, wounding the adult.
Some residents from Qusra came to aid the group of Israelis and protect them until IDF forces arrived at the scene to extract them.
The investigation confirmed that the shooting was done while the attackers were standing up the slope and throwing stones down at the Israeli group. This was in line with the Israeli suspects' version, whose shooting into the air could have conceivably hit Odeh, who was among the stone throwers.
In addition, the Israelis' version of events was backed by the testimony of one of Qusra's residents, who said the suspects fired only in self defense and only after stones were thrown at them.
Some of the attackers have been indicted by the Military Advocate General's Office.
Honenu, a legal NGO that has provided the Israeli suspects with legal assistance, said in a statement: "From the first moment it was clear that a barbaric mob attacked a group of hikers whose only sin was that they were Jews who went on a Bar Mitzva trip in the Land of Israel. We lament the injustice done to the parents so far, and the fact that immediately upon their discharge from the hospital they had to be questioned at the police station, and rather than receive a commendation, they were made suspects.
The police in their actions personally hurt the brave parents."
The Israeli prosecutor’s office has dropped all charges against an Israeli colonizer who, on November 30, 2017, shot and killed a Palestinian farmer, after a group of colonizers attacked Palestinians who were working in their orchard.
Israeli sources said the prosecution ruled that the colonizers who opened fire on the Palestinians, including the one who killed Mahmoud Ahmad Odeh, 46, “acted in self-defense,” and alleged that the colonial Israeli settlers “were picnicking in the area when Mahmoud and several other Palestinians hurled stones at them, mildly wounding one.”
The prosecutor’s office therefore dropped the “negligent homicide” charges against the Israeli perpetrator who killed Odeh.
Palestinian eyewitnesses of the fatal Israeli attack contradicted the Israeli allegation and confirmed that the Israeli colonizers assaulted many Palestinian farmers in their olive orchards in Qusra village, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, and opened fire at them, killing Odeh after shooting him with a live round in the chest.
The incident took place when approximately 20 settlers who came from the illegal “Yesh Kod” outpost, which was built on private Palestinian lands, assaulted the Palestinian and his family, before one of them shot Mahmoud.
The colony where the Israeli assailants reside is nearly 15 kilometers away from the Odeh’s land.
Following the shooting, Emad Jamil, a member of Qusra Village Council, said that “It is clear they infiltrated the area, close to many Palestinian homes, with one goal in mind, to commit murder – there have been many attacks by colonists in this area, including the burning, cutting and uprooting of trees.”
Eyewitnesses said the colonizers attacked many farmers in the area, and assaulted Odeh while in his orchard in Ras al-Nakhel area, east of the village, before shooting him with a live round in the chest.
Hours after the fatal Israeli attack, dozens of settlers and soldiers invaded Qusra, before the army shot and seriously wounded one Palestinian in his pelvis, and injured many others, while the settlers also smashed the front windshield and one of the windows of a Palestinian ambulance, wounding the driver in his eye.
The Palestinian Red Crescent identified the injuries among the Palestinians as:
- Two who were shot with live rounds in the pelvis, and the leg.
- Two who were shot with rubber-coated steel bullets.
- Two who were assaulted and beaten by soldiers and settlers.
- One ambulance driver wounded in his eye.
Scores of Palestinians who suffered the effects of teargas inhalation.
Case closed against parents who shot dead Palestinian attacker
Central District Attorney's Office cites lack of guilt in decision to close case against parents who accompanied group of 20 children on trip near Qusra and came under attack by a Palestinian mob; the shooting of Mahmoud Za’al Odeh, who was among the rioters, was found to be in self defense.
The Central District Attorney's Office said Monday it has decided to close the case against two Israelis who shot dead a Palestinian who was part of a group throwing stones at a group of children they were accompanying, citing lack of guilt.
The decision stated the shooting of 47-year-old Mahmoud Za’al Odeh from the village of Qusra was found to be in self defense.
On November 30, 2017, a group of 20 Israeli children and two parents accompanying them went on a Bar Mitzva trip near the village of Qusra, in the Nablus Governorate.
During their hike, the Israeli group came under attack by dozens of Palestinian rioters, including Odeh, who hurled rocks and stones at them from up a slope.
The two parents, who claimed they felt their lives were in danger, said they only fired warning shots into the air. One of the bullets hit Odeh, killing him.
The Israeli group fled their attackers into a cave, with some of the Palestinians pursuing and attacking the children and one of the parents, wounding the adult.
Some residents from Qusra came to aid the group of Israelis and protect them until IDF forces arrived at the scene to extract them.
The investigation confirmed that the shooting was done while the attackers were standing up the slope and throwing stones down at the Israeli group. This was in line with the Israeli suspects' version, whose shooting into the air could have conceivably hit Odeh, who was among the stone throwers.
In addition, the Israelis' version of events was backed by the testimony of one of Qusra's residents, who said the suspects fired only in self defense and only after stones were thrown at them.
Some of the attackers have been indicted by the Military Advocate General's Office.
Honenu, a legal NGO that has provided the Israeli suspects with legal assistance, said in a statement: "From the first moment it was clear that a barbaric mob attacked a group of hikers whose only sin was that they were Jews who went on a Bar Mitzva trip in the Land of Israel. We lament the injustice done to the parents so far, and the fact that immediately upon their discharge from the hospital they had to be questioned at the police station, and rather than receive a commendation, they were made suspects.
The police in their actions personally hurt the brave parents."
