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August 13
A plainclothes police officer who shot a teenager dead blocked all bystander attempts to help the injured young man, witnesses said yesterday afternoon. Police officer Mustafa Atasoy allegedly shot 22-year-old Fatih Cem Inci on Wednesday, thinking that the young man — who was cursing a juice pack that he had accidentally stepped on, squirting some juice onto his pants — was talking to him. Inci, who was walking in the Bahcelievler district in Istanbul with two friends, was shot in the stomach. He died on the pavement, where he reportedly was kept waiting for an ambulance by the same officer who shot him.… Individuals who know Atasoy say the police officer habitually used his gun to frighten young people. [No representative of the police attended Inci’s funeral.] (read full article)

August 14
Istanbul Police Department backs another trigger-happy police officer, who shot a youth for no police business whatsoever. According to the Police Department, police officer Mustafa Atasoy shot Cem Inci when his weapon misfired during a verbal argument between the two.

According to the explanation of the Police Department, the reason the police officer was not handcuffed was because he was an officer and there was no flight risk. The same explanation described the excessive hugging and kissing between the police officers while the accused was on his way to the prison as police solidarity.

The last paragraph of the explanation concluded by stating that a police officer was a human being, too, that they all had to wait for the result of the trial. The report… accuse[d] reporters for describing the police officer in negative terms.

The Police Department did not say anything about the prevention of help to the victim by the accused. According to the witnesses and victim’s relatives, accused police officer prevented people in the scene who attempted to help the victim with his weapon.

According to Elvan Ezber’s report from daily Milliyet, victim’s father Zihni Inci said, “According to the people there, the police officer did not let anyone approach his son, holding his gun against them. Instead of calling an ambulance, he called his police friends and told them that he shot someone. Only after other police officers arrived at the scene, they called an ambulance. When my son tried to call his mother, the officer did not let him.” (click for article)

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