The police tried on several occasions to circumvent the law to stop Rasmus Paludan’s Koran burnings. A review which Today’s news done shows that the authority was repeatedly reprimanded by the courts.
A year has passed since the high-profile Easter riots broke out in connection with Rasmus Paludan burning Korans in the open. Since then, the Danish-Swedish politician’s gatherings and the riots that followed have become a sequel.
Several times Paludan’s plans for Koran burnings have been stopped by the police – and now reveals Today’s news that the authority several times circumvented the law to stop the far-right politician.
Backfired ten times
DN has reviewed the Police Authority since the riots broke out last year, and can now show that the Police Authority has disregarded several rulings to stop the far-right politician. The police are said to have been wrong ten times in court. Sources from the authority tell the newspaper that the management has deliberately tried to circumvent the law in order to stop the gatherings.
One who is open with his criticism of the management is Fredrik Jonsson, dialogue police.
– Paludan’s persona and his inciting style make him obscure the view. Then you don’t see what this is really about, that Swedish freedom of expression is threatened, says Jonsson to the newspaper.