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Policeman in parking fracas to be disciplined

By Chen Huizhi | 00:01 UTC+8 September 4, 2017 | Print Edition

THE police officer who threw a woman and a child to the ground in an illegal parking case on Friday morning has been disciplined.

Police apologized to the woman, surnamed Zhang, on Saturday morning and asked her if the child had suffered at all. The mother said both she and her child were OK.

Shanghai Public Security Bureau said in a statement on Saturday that the police officer, surnamed Zhu, was given a punishment based on a “serious offense‚” which according to China’s Law on Public Servants means that he won’t be able to be promoted or have a salary increase for the next 18 months.

Shanghai police said the decision was made according to the rule book for police that details punishments for officers who “hold a bad attitude toward the people, or behave rudely or violently.”

Meanwhile, Zhang was given an admonition for impeding law enforcement.

In the statement, police revealed more details of the incident, which took place about 200 meters east to the crossroads of Laifang Road and Jiudu Road in Songjiang District. After Zhu ticketed Zhang’s car for illegal parking, Zhang tore the ticket down from her car and started to argue with him, according to the statement.

Zhu told her that she could seek an administrative review of the ticket if she didn’t agree and just when he was getting back into the police car, Zhang came up and held on to his car intending to stop him and a police assistant from leaving.

Zhu warned her not to impede law enforcement of the police but was ignored, and when Zhang pushed him for “a third time,” Zhu reacted and threw her and the child in her arms to the ground, the statement said.

“The police officer overreacted in this case and failed to take into account safety of the child in Zhang’s arms, said the statement. “His behavior, which wouldn’t be considered as reasonable, led to negative public opinion.”

Shanghai police again vowed to enhance law enforcement education to all police officers in view of this case, which showed that “some police officers are not well aware of protecting children and holding up standards of law enforcement in complex situations.”

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