NORTHERN IRELAND: Turkish man beaten by police

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A December 6 press release from the Anti-Racist Network has reported gross racial abuse of a Turkish stallholder during a Northern Ireland Police Service raid on unlicensed stalls in Belfast. Musa Gulusen, who has a pending application for a stall licence, was grabbed by the throat, hit full-strength in the face and had his arm broken by PSNI officers, when he could not produce a license. Laughing at him, the officers called him "kebab boy", as they dragged him into a vehicle. He was later taken to hospital. A witness told the ARN: " I have seen plenty of raids on stalls, but I have never seen anything like this. They usually just take your name. This was beyond excessive force. This was disgraceful."

From Green Left Weekly, December 15, 2004.
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