The court in Palma that is instructing the case for the alleged police aggression against a photojournalist after the demonstration against tourist saturation on July 26 has requested the National Police to identify the agent who would have hit the professional.
According to sources familiar with the case who have indicated to Europa Press and as "Diario de Mallorca" reported this Thursday, with this request, the judicial investigation takes a step forward and it is expected that the National Police will send all the information it has to the judicial body.
It is worth remembering that the photojournalist filed a complaint for the aggression he would have suffered at the hands of members of the Police Intervention Unit (UIP) of the National Police while covering the demonstration against tourist saturation, called in Palma on July 26 by Menys Turisme, Més Vida.
From the platform, they explained that they provided the reporter with legal assistance, although he has chosen to continue the procedure individually, understanding that he attended the protest as a photographer and not as a participant. In any case, "Menys turisme més vida" has publicly reiterated its support for the professional.
In the complaint filed before the Court of First Instance in Palma, the photojournalist states that, at the time of the events, he was working as a 'freelance', trying to capture photographs and videos of the protest for later dissemination in the media.
He details that during the coverage he was carrying, in a "perfectly visible" manner, the equipment intended for capturing images, specifically a camera and a mobile phone.
The graphic reporter claims that, before the alleged aggression, a first police charge had already occurred and that the operation was withdrawing. Later, a second intervention by the agents took place in which the complainant was injured, who asserts that he "did not throw any object, nor made any threatening gesture, nor adopted an offensive attitude towards the officials."
Furthermore, he explains that moments before he had taken out the camera and the mobile to record the development of the police action and that he positioned himself behind a trash can for protection. It was then that he claims that one of the agents used a baton —apparently extendable— to deliver a "strong blow to the head."
To support his version, the photojournalist accompanies the complaint with various graphic and audiovisual material that, he claims, would confirm what happened. He also includes photographs that would show the injuries suffered and a medical report as evidence.
Based on these facts, the professional believes that possible crimes of injuries, against moral integrity, and against the exercise of civil rights may have been committed.