사회 Prosecution of Police for Death of Farmer Baek Nam-gi

Death by Water Cannon, Abuse of Police Authority

입력 2017.10.18 14:24

Gu Gyo-hyeong, Jeong Dae-yeon, Jeong Hui-wan

[Prosecution of Police for Death of Farmer Baek Nam-gi] Death by Water Cannon, Abuse of Police Authority

Prosecutors will put the police officers who operated the water truck and the police commanders on trial for the death of farmer Baek Nam-gi, who died after being hit by a police water cannon at a rally. The prosecutors released their investigation results 700 days after Baek's family reported the police officers on November 18, 2015.

On October 17, Criminal Department 3 of the Seoul Central Prosecutors' Office announced that they prosecuted Goo Eun-soo (59), former commissioner of the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency; Shin (49), former chief of the 4th riot police at the Seoul Policy Agency, and sergeants Han (38) and Choi (28), who operated the water truck, for the death of Baek (involuntary manslaughter on duty) by firing a water cannon during a general people's rally on November 14, 2015. The prosecutors did not press charges against Kang Shin-myung (53), the police commissioner general at the time, after deciding that he was not responsible for personally commanding and supervising the management of the water truck.

According to the prosecutors' investigation, sergeants Han and Choi, who were on board the water truck, Chungnam 9, violated the water truck operation guidelines and fired the water directly at Baek's head for thirty seconds. They did not follow the guidelines, which says to operate the water cannon in stages뾵arning spray

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