German police are killing Africans
Oury Jalloh burned to death in a police cell in Dessau, east Germany, on the 7th of January, 2005. Two years have now gone by; two years in which the court in Dessau has effectively blocked any hearings from taking place against the responsible police officers. This alone is evidence enough that neither the police nor the judiciary is willing to see that the events surrounding the death of Oury Jalloh are clarified.
Six months ago, Dominique Kouamadio was shot and killed by the police in Dortmund.
Laye-Alama Condé and John Achidi died two and five years ago respectively after the police forced emetics down their throats.
Amir Ageeb and Kola Bankole were killed in the process of deportation.
Four years ago, N'deye Mareame Sarr was shot and killed by the police in the house of her ex-husband.
In all of these cases, to name just a few, all charges were dropped against the police and nobody was ever brought to justice for these crimes. Non-whites and people of foreign origin are threatened with death by the institutions and their functionaries as much as they are by racists on the streets.
Friday, the 7th of January, 2005. The 22 year-old Oury Jalloh from Sierra Leone burns to death in the light of day in a police station.
The judiciary claims that he set himself on fire with a lighter which must have been overlooked during the body search.
But everything leads to another conclusion: Oury Jalloh was tied down at his hands and feet to a fireproof mattress located on top of a concrete base in a jail cell tiled from floor to ceiling.
The supervising police at the time ignored the fire alarm for quite some time.
Oury Jalloh burned to death. An expert's report confirms: If the police had reacted immediately they could have saved his life.
The State Prosecutor brings up charges against two police officers.
For almost two years the court in Dessau has been looking for reasons not to open up hearings. Still today, it is uncertain if there will ever be a trial.
Moreover, the court has recently declared there will be absolutely no trial against one of the police officers and in the case of the other accused the court has demanded--once again---further investigations.
Two years later and there has still been no apology neither from the police nor from the other responsible authorities.
Additionally, no reparations have been made to Oury's family. Instead, a good friend of Oury, the person who has been most engaged in seeking out justice in this case, has been persecuted and approximately ten activists of the Initiative in Memory of Oury Jalloh have been accused of diverse "crimes."
For two years now diverse refugee, migrant and anti-racist groups have joined together to break the silence and to demand truth, justice and reparations for the murder of Oury Jalloh.
In this same time, the only response we have received from the authorities is cover-up, impunity for the perpetrators and the criminalisation of our protest.
We are not going to give up our struggle. No repression, cover-up or impunity can stop us from standing up and raising our voice against the systematic injustice to which we are subjected on a daily basis.
And if the authorities think they have the right to speak of suicide---even though all facts clearly point otherwise---then we will continue to make our position very clear: *OURY JALLOH WAS MURDERED! *
*WE ARE ALL OURY JALLOH *
*MOBILISE YOURSELF!*
On the 6th of January, 2007, African and Black Community activists are coming together for an Africa Conference, which will take place in Dessau against racist police violence and criminalisation. The victims of this institutionalised violence will be remembered and honored.
We call on all people of solidarity to support and join us in this conference on the 6th of January, and to actively mobilise and participate in one of the demonstrations to be held on the 7th of January in Berlin and Dessau.
On this day, we will remember and honor all people who are being murdered on a daily basis by racism and capitalism.
Not only within and at the doorsteps of Fortress Europe, but also all those who have been and continue to be systematically murdered through centuries of colonialism, the selling of weapons and the support of dictatorships worldwide.
If you are not capable of coming to Dessau or Berlin to participate in the activities, organize an event in your city!
*BREAK THE SILENCE!*
*STOP POLICE TERROR AGAINST REFUGEES AND MIGRANTS!*
Initiative in Memory of Oury Jalloh in Berlin and Dessau
_
http://oury-jalloh.so36.net_
mail:
initiative-ouryjalloh@so36.net
Telephone: #49 0176 / 25433750
Six months ago, Dominique Kouamadio was shot and killed by the police in Dortmund.
Laye-Alama Condé and John Achidi died two and five years ago respectively after the police forced emetics down their throats.
Amir Ageeb and Kola Bankole were killed in the process of deportation.
Four years ago, N'deye Mareame Sarr was shot and killed by the police in the house of her ex-husband.
In all of these cases, to name just a few, all charges were dropped against the police and nobody was ever brought to justice for these crimes. Non-whites and people of foreign origin are threatened with death by the institutions and their functionaries as much as they are by racists on the streets.
Friday, the 7th of January, 2005. The 22 year-old Oury Jalloh from Sierra Leone burns to death in the light of day in a police station.
The judiciary claims that he set himself on fire with a lighter which must have been overlooked during the body search.
But everything leads to another conclusion: Oury Jalloh was tied down at his hands and feet to a fireproof mattress located on top of a concrete base in a jail cell tiled from floor to ceiling.
The supervising police at the time ignored the fire alarm for quite some time.
Oury Jalloh burned to death. An expert's report confirms: If the police had reacted immediately they could have saved his life.
The State Prosecutor brings up charges against two police officers.
For almost two years the court in Dessau has been looking for reasons not to open up hearings. Still today, it is uncertain if there will ever be a trial.
Moreover, the court has recently declared there will be absolutely no trial against one of the police officers and in the case of the other accused the court has demanded--once again---further investigations.
Two years later and there has still been no apology neither from the police nor from the other responsible authorities.
Additionally, no reparations have been made to Oury's family. Instead, a good friend of Oury, the person who has been most engaged in seeking out justice in this case, has been persecuted and approximately ten activists of the Initiative in Memory of Oury Jalloh have been accused of diverse "crimes."
For two years now diverse refugee, migrant and anti-racist groups have joined together to break the silence and to demand truth, justice and reparations for the murder of Oury Jalloh.
In this same time, the only response we have received from the authorities is cover-up, impunity for the perpetrators and the criminalisation of our protest.
We are not going to give up our struggle. No repression, cover-up or impunity can stop us from standing up and raising our voice against the systematic injustice to which we are subjected on a daily basis.
And if the authorities think they have the right to speak of suicide---even though all facts clearly point otherwise---then we will continue to make our position very clear: *OURY JALLOH WAS MURDERED! *
*WE ARE ALL OURY JALLOH *
*MOBILISE YOURSELF!*
On the 6th of January, 2007, African and Black Community activists are coming together for an Africa Conference, which will take place in Dessau against racist police violence and criminalisation. The victims of this institutionalised violence will be remembered and honored.
We call on all people of solidarity to support and join us in this conference on the 6th of January, and to actively mobilise and participate in one of the demonstrations to be held on the 7th of January in Berlin and Dessau.
On this day, we will remember and honor all people who are being murdered on a daily basis by racism and capitalism.
Not only within and at the doorsteps of Fortress Europe, but also all those who have been and continue to be systematically murdered through centuries of colonialism, the selling of weapons and the support of dictatorships worldwide.
If you are not capable of coming to Dessau or Berlin to participate in the activities, organize an event in your city!
*BREAK THE SILENCE!*
*STOP POLICE TERROR AGAINST REFUGEES AND MIGRANTS!*
Initiative in Memory of Oury Jalloh in Berlin and Dessau
_ http://oury-jalloh.so36.net_
mail: initiative-ouryjalloh@so36.net
Telephone: #49 0176 / 25433750
Laye-Alama Condé and John Achidi died two and five years ago respectively after the police forced emetics down their throats.
Amir Ageeb and Kola Bankole were killed in the process of deportation.
Four years ago, N'deye Mareame Sarr was shot and killed by the police in the house of her ex-husband.
In all of these cases, to name just a few, all charges were dropped against the police and nobody was ever brought to justice for these crimes. Non-whites and people of foreign origin are threatened with death by the institutions and their functionaries as much as they are by racists on the streets.
Friday, the 7th of January, 2005. The 22 year-old Oury Jalloh from Sierra Leone burns to death in the light of day in a police station.
The judiciary claims that he set himself on fire with a lighter which must have been overlooked during the body search.
But everything leads to another conclusion: Oury Jalloh was tied down at his hands and feet to a fireproof mattress located on top of a concrete base in a jail cell tiled from floor to ceiling.
The supervising police at the time ignored the fire alarm for quite some time.
Oury Jalloh burned to death. An expert's report confirms: If the police had reacted immediately they could have saved his life.
The State Prosecutor brings up charges against two police officers.
For almost two years the court in Dessau has been looking for reasons not to open up hearings. Still today, it is uncertain if there will ever be a trial.
Moreover, the court has recently declared there will be absolutely no trial against one of the police officers and in the case of the other accused the court has demanded--once again---further investigations.
Two years later and there has still been no apology neither from the police nor from the other responsible authorities.
Additionally, no reparations have been made to Oury's family. Instead, a good friend of Oury, the person who has been most engaged in seeking out justice in this case, has been persecuted and approximately ten activists of the Initiative in Memory of Oury Jalloh have been accused of diverse "crimes."
For two years now diverse refugee, migrant and anti-racist groups have joined together to break the silence and to demand truth, justice and reparations for the murder of Oury Jalloh.
In this same time, the only response we have received from the authorities is cover-up, impunity for the perpetrators and the criminalisation of our protest.
We are not going to give up our struggle. No repression, cover-up or impunity can stop us from standing up and raising our voice against the systematic injustice to which we are subjected on a daily basis.
And if the authorities think they have the right to speak of suicide---even though all facts clearly point otherwise---then we will continue to make our position very clear: *OURY JALLOH WAS MURDERED! *
*WE ARE ALL OURY JALLOH *
*MOBILISE YOURSELF!*
On the 6th of January, 2007, African and Black Community activists are coming together for an Africa Conference, which will take place in Dessau against racist police violence and criminalisation. The victims of this institutionalised violence will be remembered and honored.
We call on all people of solidarity to support and join us in this conference on the 6th of January, and to actively mobilise and participate in one of the demonstrations to be held on the 7th of January in Berlin and Dessau.
On this day, we will remember and honor all people who are being murdered on a daily basis by racism and capitalism.
Not only within and at the doorsteps of Fortress Europe, but also all those who have been and continue to be systematically murdered through centuries of colonialism, the selling of weapons and the support of dictatorships worldwide.
If you are not capable of coming to Dessau or Berlin to participate in the activities, organize an event in your city!
*BREAK THE SILENCE!*
*STOP POLICE TERROR AGAINST REFUGEES AND MIGRANTS!*
Initiative in Memory of Oury Jalloh in Berlin and Dessau
_
http://oury-jalloh.so36.net_ mail:
initiative-ouryjalloh@so36.net Telephone: #49 0176 / 25433750
Six months ago, Dominique Kouamadio was shot and killed by the police in Dortmund.
Laye-Alama Condé and John Achidi died two and five years ago respectively after the police forced emetics down their throats.
Amir Ageeb and Kola Bankole were killed in the process of deportation.
Four years ago, N'deye Mareame Sarr was shot and killed by the police in the house of her ex-husband.
In all of these cases, to name just a few, all charges were dropped against the police and nobody was ever brought to justice for these crimes. Non-whites and people of foreign origin are threatened with death by the institutions and their functionaries as much as they are by racists on the streets.
Friday, the 7th of January, 2005. The 22 year-old Oury Jalloh from Sierra Leone burns to death in the light of day in a police station.
The judiciary claims that he set himself on fire with a lighter which must have been overlooked during the body search.
But everything leads to another conclusion: Oury Jalloh was tied down at his hands and feet to a fireproof mattress located on top of a concrete base in a jail cell tiled from floor to ceiling.
The supervising police at the time ignored the fire alarm for quite some time.
Oury Jalloh burned to death. An expert's report confirms: If the police had reacted immediately they could have saved his life.
The State Prosecutor brings up charges against two police officers.
For almost two years the court in Dessau has been looking for reasons not to open up hearings. Still today, it is uncertain if there will ever be a trial.
Moreover, the court has recently declared there will be absolutely no trial against one of the police officers and in the case of the other accused the court has demanded--once again---further investigations.
Two years later and there has still been no apology neither from the police nor from the other responsible authorities.
Additionally, no reparations have been made to Oury's family. Instead, a good friend of Oury, the person who has been most engaged in seeking out justice in this case, has been persecuted and approximately ten activists of the Initiative in Memory of Oury Jalloh have been accused of diverse "crimes."
For two years now diverse refugee, migrant and anti-racist groups have joined together to break the silence and to demand truth, justice and reparations for the murder of Oury Jalloh.
In this same time, the only response we have received from the authorities is cover-up, impunity for the perpetrators and the criminalisation of our protest.
We are not going to give up our struggle. No repression, cover-up or impunity can stop us from standing up and raising our voice against the systematic injustice to which we are subjected on a daily basis.
And if the authorities think they have the right to speak of suicide---even though all facts clearly point otherwise---then we will continue to make our position very clear: *OURY JALLOH WAS MURDERED! *
*WE ARE ALL OURY JALLOH *
*MOBILISE YOURSELF!*
On the 6th of January, 2007, African and Black Community activists are coming together for an Africa Conference, which will take place in Dessau against racist police violence and criminalisation. The victims of this institutionalised violence will be remembered and honored.
We call on all people of solidarity to support and join us in this conference on the 6th of January, and to actively mobilise and participate in one of the demonstrations to be held on the 7th of January in Berlin and Dessau.
On this day, we will remember and honor all people who are being murdered on a daily basis by racism and capitalism.
Not only within and at the doorsteps of Fortress Europe, but also all those who have been and continue to be systematically murdered through centuries of colonialism, the selling of weapons and the support of dictatorships worldwide.
If you are not capable of coming to Dessau or Berlin to participate in the activities, organize an event in your city!
*BREAK THE SILENCE!*
*STOP POLICE TERROR AGAINST REFUGEES AND MIGRANTS!*
Initiative in Memory of Oury Jalloh in Berlin and Dessau
_
http://oury-jalloh.so36.net_ mail:
initiative-ouryjalloh@so36.net Telephone: #49 0176 / 25433750
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Ergänzungen
BREAK THE SILENCE
Am 7. Januar 2005 verbrannte Oury Jalloh in einer Polizeizelle in Dessau. Zwei Jahre sind seither vergangen. Zwei Jahre, in denen das Gericht in Dessau einen Prozess gegen die verantwortlichen Polizisten blockiert. Dies zeigt deutlich genug, dass die Hintergründe des Todes nach dem Willen von Polizei und Justiz nicht zur Sprache kommen sollen.
Dominique Kouamadio wurde vor einem halben Jahr in Dortmund von einem Polizisten erschossen.
Laye-Alama Condé und John Achidi starben vor zwei Jahren bzw. fünf Jahren bei einem Brechmitteleinsatz.
Amir Ageeb und Kola Bankole wurden bei ihrer Abschiebung umgebracht.
N'deye Mareame Sarr wurde vor vier Jahren im Haus ihres Ex-Mannes von einem Polizisten erschossen.
In allen Fällen wurden die Ermittlungsverfahren eingestellt und jedes Mal wurde niemand für die Verbrechen zur Rechenschaft gezogen. Noch viele dieser Geschichten lassen sich nennen.
Menschen nicht-weisser Hautfarbe und nicht-deutscher Herkunft sind durch deutsche PolizistInnen und VertreterInnen der Institutionen ebenso wie durch RassistInnen auf der Straße täglich mit dem Tode bedroht. Freitag, den 7. Januar 2005. Der 22 jährige Oury Jalloh aus Sierra Leone verbrennt am helllichten Tag um 12 Uhr mittags in einer Polizeizelle. Die Justiz behauptet, dass er sich selbst angezündet hat. Mit einem Feuerzeug, das bei der Kontrolle übersehen worden sein soll. Aber alles spricht dagegen: Oury Jalloh war zu diesem Zeitpunkt an Händen und Füßen gefesselt. Er lag auf einem Betonsockel auf einer schwer entflammbaren Matratze. In einer vom Boden bis zur Decke gekachelten Zelle.
Der wachhabende Polizeibeamte ignoriert den Feueralarm lange Zeit. Oury Jalloh verbrennt. Ein Gutachten bestätigt: Hätte der Polizeibeamte sofort reagiert, hätte Oury Jalloh gerettet werden können. Die Staatsanwaltschaft klagt den Beamten an. Das Gericht sucht seit fast 2 Jahren nach Gründen, den Prozess nicht zu eröffnen. Entgegen einiger Pressemitteilungen ist bis heute nicht entschieden, ob es zum Prozess gegen diesen Beamten kommt. Weitere Untersuchungen sollen jetzt, 2 Jahre später, durchgeführt werden. Gegen einen weiteren Beamten wurde das Verfahren vom Gericht vor kurzem eingestellt.
Es gibt bis heute weder von der Polizei noch von den Behörden irgendeine Entschuldigung. Auch eine Entschädigung für die Familie wurde bisher verweigert. Statt dessen wird ein afrikanischer Freund von Oury, der sich am meisten für die Forderung nach Gerechtigkeit engagiert, harten Repressionen ausgesetzt und nahezu zehn AktivistInnen wurden während der Kampagne gegen den Mord an Oury Jalloh wegen verschiedener "Straftaten" angezeigt und zum Teil schon verurteilt.
Seit fast zwei Jahren haben sich diverse Flüchtlings-, MigrantInnen- und Antiragruppen zusammengeschlossen, um das Schweigen zu brechen und Aufklärung, Gerechtigkeit und Entschädigung für den Mord an Oury Jalloh zu fordern.
Seit beinahe zwei Jahren besteht die einzige Antwort der deutschen Behörden in Vertuschung und Straflosigkeit für die Täter und Kriminalisierung unseres Protestes.
Wir werden unseren Kampf nicht aufgeben. Keine Repression, Vertuschung oder Straflosigkeit wird uns daran hindern, aufzustehen, unsere Stimme zu erheben und gegen diese systematische Ungerechtigkeit zu kämpfen.
Wenn sie das Recht haben von Selbstmord zu sprechen, obwohl alle Fakten dagegen sprechen, nehmen wir uns das Recht von Mord zu sprechen.
Wir sind alle Oury Jalloh!
MOBILISIERT EUCH!
Am 6. Januar 2007 wird eine Konferenz in der Stadt Dessau stattfinden, um AktivistInnen der Afrikanischen und Schwarzen Community in Deutschland gegen rassistische Polizeigewalt und Kriminalisierung zu versammeln. Die Opfer dieser institutionalisierten Gewalt werden erinnert und geehrt.
Wir rufen alle solidarischen Menschen auf, an der Konferenz am 6. Januar in Dessau und an den Demonstrationen am 7. Januar 2007 in Dessau und Berlin teilzunehmen.
Wir erinnern an diesen Tagen an alle Menschen, die durch Rassismus und Kapitalismus täglich umgebracht werden; innerhalb der EU und an deren Grenzbefestigungen; aber auch derer, die schon seit Jahrhunderten durch Kolonialismus, Waffenlieferungen und Stützung von Diktaturen weltweit systematisch getötet wurden und werden.
Wenn ihr die Veranstaltungen an einer der genannten Orte nicht erreichen könnt, organisiert ein Protestereignis in eurer Stadt!
Das Schweigen brechen!
Stoppt den Polizeiterror gegen Flüchtlinge und MigrantInnen!
Initiative in Gedenken an Oury Jalloh Berlin und Dessau
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Telefon: 0176 / 25433750
Unterstützt von: Antirassistische Initiative e.V (ARI), Flüchtlingsinitiative Brandenburg (FIB), Für eine linke Strömung (FELS), Plataforma der Flüchtlinge und MigrantInnen, The Voice Refugee Forum, Karawane Network Germany
Spendenkonto:
Antirassistische Initiative e.V.
Kontonummer: 3039600
BLZ: 10020500
Bank für Sozialwirtschaft
Stichwort: Dessau
Tod in der Zelle
Film und Infoveranstaltungen in Berlin
Neukölln: 10.12.06, 20:00h, Syndikat, Weisestr. 56Mitte: 14.12.06, 19:00h, Cafe Krähenfuss, HU, Unter den Linden 6Wedding: 15.12.06, 20:00h, Villa 32, Utrechter Str. 32Kreuzberg: 17.12.06, 19:30h, Tante Horst, Oranienstr. 45Friedrichshain:- 18.12.06, 20:00h, Schnarup Thumby, Scharnweberstr. 38- 3.1.2007, 20:00h, Zielona Gora, Grünberger Str. 73
Demonstrationen am 2. Todestag von Oury Jalloh gegen Polizeigewalt und staatlichen Rassismus
7.1.2007 13:00h
Dessau, Bahnhofsvorplatz
Berlin, Hackescher Markt
Prozess nach Feuertod in DessauerPolizeizelle
Anklage gegen Polizisten wegen Körperverletzung mit Todesfolge. Afrikaner war in Polizeizelle verbrannt
DRESDEN taz Zwei Jahre nach dem Feuertod des afrikanischen Asylbewerbers Oury Jalloh in einer Dessauer Polizeizelle muss sich ein Polizeibeamter vor Gericht verantworten. Das Landgericht ließ gestern die Anklage gegen den 46-jährigen Dienstgruppenleiter zur Hauptverhandlung zu. Die Staatsanwaltschaft verdächtigt ihn der Körperverletzung mit Todesfolge. Bei korrektem Verhalten der Beamten hätte Jalloh nach ihrer Auffassung gerettet werden können.
Der Prozessbeginn steht noch nicht fest, soll aber in den nächsten Tagen bekannt gegeben werden. Ob auch gegen einen zweiten beteiligten Beamten das Hauptverfahren eröffnet wird, steht indessen noch nicht fest. Das Dessauer Landgericht hatte im November zunächst die Einstellung des Verfahrens beschlossen, weil angeblich kein hinreichender Tatverdacht gegeben sei. Dagegen protestierten Menschenrechtsgruppen und die Linksfraktion im Magdeburger Landtag. Die Staatsanwaltschaft Dessau legte sofortige Beschwerde ein, über die noch nicht entschieden worden ist.
Man sei vom Verdacht einer Mitschuld des zweiten Beamten nach wie vor überzeugt, sagte ein Sprecher der Staatsanwaltschaft gestern der taz. Es habe inzwischen weitere Nachermittlungen gegeben. Neben unterlassener Hilfeleistung wirft die Staatsanwaltschaft den Polizisten auch mangelhafte Durchsuchung Jallohs vor, der sein Feuerzeug offenbar bei sich behalten konnte. Der Asylbewerber aus Sierra Leone war am Morgen des 7. Januar 2005 in eine Ausnüchterungszelle des Polizeireviers eingeliefert worden, weil er angeblich im angetrunkenen Zustand Frauen belästigt haben soll. Die Umstände seines Todes am gleichen Tag sind bis heute nicht genau geklärt.
Nach Polizeidarstellung soll Oury Jallow in der gefliesten Zelle auf einer Pritsche liegend trotz Fesselung seine eigentlich feuerbeständige Matratze selbst entzündet haben. Wegen früherer Fehlalarme ignorierten die Beamten zunächst den Alarm des Feuermelders. Erst nach Ansprechen des Lüftungsschalters suchten sie den im Keller liegenden Raum auf. Rettungsversuche scheiterten an der dichten Rauchentwicklung. Ein späteres Gutachten stellte bei Jalloh unter anderem ein gebrochenes Nasenbein fest, das auf physische Gewalteinwirkung schließen lässt. Der Dienstgruppenleiter war zwei Jahre zuvor bereits einmal in einen Todesfall auf einem Polizeirevier verwickelt. Nach dem Tode Oury Jallohs wurde er zunächst versetzt.
MICHAEL BARTSCH
taz Nr. 8165 vom 3.1.2007, Seite 6, 83 TAZ-Bericht MICHAEL BARTSCH
Lokalblatt berichtet
Gericht lässt Anklage gegen Polizisten zu
Von Winfried Borchert
Zwei Jahre nach dem Tod eines Asylbewerbers in einer Dessauer Polizeizelle hat das Dessauer Landgericht gestern die Anklage gegen den damaligen Dienstgruppenleiter zugelassen. Ihm wird Körperverletzung mit Todesfolge vorgeworfen. Ob sich ein weiterer Polizeibeamter vor Gericht verantworten muss, ist noch nicht entschieden.
Dessau. Die 6. Strafkammer des Landgerichts Dessau hat die Anklage gegen den 46-jährigen Dienstgruppenleiter zugelassen. Ausschlaggebend seien Ergebnisse von Nachermittlungen der Staatsanwaltschaft gewesen. Gerichtssprecher Frank Straube sagte, dadurch seien " gewisse Widersprüche " zwischen zwei Brandexpertengutachten ausgeräumt worden. " Die Kammer geht davon aus, dass eine Verurteilung mit einiger Wahrscheinlichkeit zu erwarten ist. Andernfalls hätte sie das Verfahren nicht eröffnen dürfen ", sagte Straube.
Dem Polizisten wird eine Mitschuld am qualvollen Tod des Asylbewerbers Oury Jallow ( 21 ) angelastet. Der aus Sierra Leone stammende Jallow war am 7. Januar festgenommen worden, weil er betrunken Frauen belästigt und Widerstand gegen Polizisten geleistet haben soll. Zwei Stunden später war er in einer Arrestzelle verbrannt, obwohl er an Händen und Beinen an eine Pritsche gefesselt war und die Zelle gefliest war. Nach Polizeiangaben sei bei Jallows Durchsuchung ein Feuerzeug übersehen worden, mit dem dieser den brennbaren Kern seiner Matratze entzündet haben soll.
Die Ermittlungen ergaben, dass der Dienstgruppenleiter mehrfach den Überwachungslautsprecher für Jallows Zelle leise gestellt und den ausgelösten Brandalarm abgeschaltet haben soll. Polizisten gaben zu Protokoll, sie hätten die Brandgeräusche für " Wasserplätschern " gehalten. Als sie sich zur Zelle begeben wollten, konnten sie wegen des starken Qualms nicht mehr bis zu Jallow vordringen. Jallow starb nach Gutachter-Angaben an einem Hitzeschock. Die Experten ermittelten, dass die Polizisten sechs Minuten Zeit gehabt hatten – vom Ausbruch des Feuers bis zu Jallows Tod – das Leben des Mannes zu retten.
Im Fall einer Verurteilung müsste der Dienstgruppenleiter für mindestens drei und höchstens 15 Jahre ins Gefängnis.
Noch nicht entschieden ist, ob sich neben dem Dienstgruppenleiter jener Polizist verantworten muss, der bei der Durchsuchung das Feuerzeug bei Jallow übersehen haben soll. Das Gericht hatte eine Hauptverhandlung gegen den Beamten abgelehnt, die Staatsanwaltschaft Dessau legte dagegen Beschwerde ein. Das Oberlandesgericht Naumburg muss entscheiden. Würde der Beschwerde stattgegeben, könnte gegen beide Polizisten gleichzeitig verhandelt werden, sagte Gerichtssprecher Sraube.