Overview
- Police concluded after an internal review that officers acted out of necessity during an arrest at the Zeist asylum seekers centre that took place in May.
- Video of the incident showed an officer pull a pregnant woman to the ground; the woman was not hurt and her baby was born healthy shortly afterwards.
- The review was carried out by a supervisor and the police’s internal force committee and was approved by the unit chief, yet police declined to release the committee’s full findings.
- Authorities say the intervention followed reports of threats and damage that may have involved a knife and that officers had repeatedly asked the woman to step back before using force.
- The case has drawn wide public attention after the footage went viral and could prompt renewed calls to change when police publish internal use-of-force assessments.