New footage from this morning's Haredi protest in Jerusalem shows police officers beating young ultra-Orthodox demonstrators with batons in what protesters describe as extreme brutality, according to the raw report. The video adds to a growing body of documentation from recent days of clashes over draft-evasion arrests.
New video circulating from this morning's Haredi protest in Jerusalem shows police officers beating young ultra-Orthodox demonstrators with batons, according to the unverified report. The footage depicts what the source describes as severe brutality. The clip emerges amid a week of intensifying protests and police clashes over the arrest of military draft evaders from the Haredi community.
As The Zioneer reported earlier today, a photographer at the same demonstration documented a teen with blood on his face and accused police of excessive force. Police have maintained that the demonstration was illegal and that officers are using reasonable force. The Jerusalem faction of the ultra-Orthodox community earlier this week accused police of what it called humiliating and unrestrained violence.
The current report comes from a single unverified source; the footage has not been independently authenticated. No official police statement on this specific video has been released.
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