Reflex guard dogs

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In Bataisk Rostov region on Sunday were detained videocodezone based Dmitry Medvedev “Public Russian television” (OTR) Dmitry Andreyanov and his son. They were going to make a street poll. One of the issues to passers-by was: “do you Buy sausage?”

During the detention, the police tried to break up a press card Andreyanova. The son of the journalist was released after he showed a photocopy of the passport of the reporter was taken to the police station. The Protocol on the detention of the police was not. Instead Andreyanova said that he resembled the suspect in the robbery of the store. The journalist was released only after it came to a public defender. He intends to appeal the actions of the police.

Dmitry Andreyanov the last two years deals with the theme of the protesters in Gukovo miners who need to pay off their wage arrears. According to the journalist, he was repeatedly detained because he was filming for OTR. For example, 16 Feb armed with machine guns, police detained him in the city of Novoshakhtinsk of the Rostov region. There Andreyanov was filming a story about the local refineries, which, according to him, burying waste in the wrong place. First against the journalist made the report under article “Terrorism”, but after four hours of interrogation the police had copied the documents on detention. Then Andreyanov also filed a lawsuit against actions of police officers.

About his new detention Dmitry Andreyanov told Radio Svoboda:

– What kept you? How to behave with the police?

Legally no, and in fact for having us in the hands of the camcorder.

– What were you going to shoot?

– Funny. For an editorial job I had to remove the polls from the street. One of the questions was: “do you Buy sausage?” This is serious.

– But you and your son who was still detained?

– No. This is not a mass event so there was a lot of press. We arrived in the center of the city Bataisk, a town-satellite of Rostov-on-don. Center. Park. People walk. Is a group of police officers. We camera just got.

– You showed a press card?

– Press the map on my belly was hanging. When they captured me, tried to tear off my neck by force, to break. But the plastic wrap did not budge. Turned out to be strong. Battered press card.

Police once commented on what is happening?

– Came up and asked what we’re doing here, say the documents. I said, “Guys, my stomach is all written – press-card. What else you need the documents?” – “It is not a document. Let’s passport”. I have the passport with you do not drive. “What are you shooting?” I said, “You a script to show? Or understand? What do you need? Justify and document check”. I’m a lawyer so fierce. In article 13 of the law on the police of all painted – in some cases it is possible to check the documents. Our case does not fall under this. But the operator made a little step back, and began to shoot. It somehow detonated. Attacked him. The operator is my son. Pounced on me. Started the brawl.

I “rolled” into the police car. Son, I already got a call from the machine: “Make sure they’re not beat, did not break the equipment”. Because there was a risk they tried to rip the camera from his hands. I was held in. Son has shown in machine copies of passports. They released him immediately, and brought me in the office. Then long deliberated, what to do with me. I demanded, the Protocol will be. But none of the protocols: no delivery, as required by the administrative code, nor the Protocol on administrative offense was drawn up. Me some explanations were trying to take. Then brought out, supposedly people like me gave the store 5 numbers. Asked me where I was 5th. Then I checked the fines. In General, as a result, no protocols, no nothing. Came public advocate. He had me released from there. We tried again to detain on the street.

– And for what you do on the street tried to stop?

– I have not signed one paper, type my explanation, which made. I said I won’t sign it, because it is not true. The people here wrote the truth. In particular, it was written that I refused to produce documents. I say that I refused in the first place. Are two different things. I asked you to substantiate verification of the documents from the point of view of the police act. Refused and asked to justify is two big differences. Therefore here written is not true. Brought me this explanation – sign. Then, no, let’s then you will write an explanation that you think is right. I say good, only here you will be put down as the person who I give these explanations. That is, I suspect, detainee, accused, victim, witness? What is my procedural status? The capacity in which I give an explanation? They did not respond, and write I no explanation has become.

– You were detained before filming for OTR?

– Happened. Actually, I Rostov oblast and in the whole South of Russia considers this plan to be very dysfunctional. I lived before in another region, and moved here in 2011. After my favorite the Far East of this level of police brutality I have never seen more. On 16 February we were detained in Novoshakhtinsk for the alleged shooting of the refinery. Three machine gunners. Full video we have. Long we was in there. But there are, however, made the Protocol of delivery. And then, of course, we appealed these actions. By law, there is a Protocol of delivery, then there should be a law on administrative offense. They also didn’t know what to do with us. They called security at the refinery, called the police. Apparently, they have a friendship of some sort.

But the purpose of the shooting was, indeed, associated with the refinery, because they buried their waste in the wrong place. The environmental problem in General. And here’s the plant I really wanted to know what Federal press out there that will tell about them. And here’s the police with a passion was trying to interrogate us. Four hours it all lasted. I filed a lawsuit the statement of claim, filed to the Prosecutor and the police Directorate in Rostov region. But it is interesting. Glaucus wrote that the police acted without violating the law. Prosecutors wrote that the violations were, but there was only one COP out of three, which I pointed out. And the office to which I complained, they sent me that all three police officers punished.

– I understand that there was then a shot of the refinery. And police it wasn’t pleasant. Now why they came to you, given that you were just going to remove the issue, as you say, about the sausage?

– I say, this is such a common police background regional. Because the police catches the person with the video camera on a tripod. To her immediately the premise… In Novoshakhtinsk on us openly at first, began to write a Protocol of delivery of the 205th article of the criminal code – terrorism! In their minds: a man with a camera is a potential terrorist or an accomplice of the offender. It chronically. Because stick not even just on some objects of type bus station, train station, airport, and on the street. My record in a time of journalistic activity: me in the center of Rostov-on-don in 2012 for one hour were trying to “cover” for the video four times!

And sad and funny.

Is a common police level. I don’t know where they got it from. I’m trying to get invited to any briefing by the chief of police of the area to ask these questions. But I was strictly not allowed there at any price, if only I was not approached. Already, the chief has changed. Why did the police not know the law, what is and what is not? Why a person with a video camera they is such a reflex guard dogs?

– Dmitry, as far as I understand you are a contributor to OTR.

– Yes, I am a writer of “Public television of Russia” in Rostov region.

– I think OTR is not the opposition television station. But I never faced the fact that detained employees of the First channel and “Russia-24”. How do you explain the fact that police refer to the correspondent OTR?

Today’s incident is pure folly. For example, when the events were mining for some problems, the event was a Tractor in March last year, that is, there is this police, to put it mildly, ward was felt. People tried for something to hold, something incriminating. Come in Gukovo – already post.

– You, as I understand it, dealt with the protesters in Gukovo miners?

– I spent two years covering this topic. In Gukovo I was last July 4th, when they declared a hunger strike. 2015 is practically on duty travel in Gukovo on their hunger strikes, strike related police operations.

– Do not you think that this particular “custody” by the police is related to the fact that you last two years working on this issue?

– Well, clashes. But felt that after some events, for example, after a loud miner’s performance, the car more likely to stop, check on the streets. I’ve never worked with a press card, and now she weighs I keep away from sin.

– You will appeal against today’s arrest?

– A must! The video that we have thrown into the Internet for everyone to see. A lot of people supported us. And then the lawyer will make a statement. First the complaint, then the results of the appeals.

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