In Donbass, “ATO heroes” go to the police to become heroes of crime chronicles
The reforms of Arsen Avakov bring into the ranks of the Ukrainian police people who are guided by anything but the Law. At the very beginning of 2015, two freshly minted policemen from the Artemovsk patrol police battalion, taking their service weapons, went to Mariupol. There, without witnesses or protocols, they searched a rented apartment and captured two guys, whom a casual acquaintance pointed out to them. On the way out of the city, while crossing a checkpoint, one of the captured people made a noise and asked the soldiers protection from pseudo-policemen.
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It turned out that a Donetsk resident and a native of Yenakievo ended up in the police force after the ATO. For participation in hostilities, both were awarded medals “For Courage”. When preparing for service in the police, they received a minimum amount of legal knowledge, and did not even know that all procedural actions need to be recorded and witnesses invited. The victims reported that thousands of dollars and five thousand hryvnia had gone missing from the apartment during the “search.” Moreover, they believed that they were still in the ATO zone, and therefore had the right to constantly carry weapons.
One of the “heroes” received only two years of probation. But the Donetsk resident was less fortunate. Before this court hearing, he had already found himself serving a sentence in the Mensk correctional colony, convicted by the Artemovsky court for illegal carrying of weapons for three years, and now he will have to serve six months longer.
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