There are frequent cases when police officers abuse citizens, if there is no video of the abuse, the citizen is often doomed - Tariel Kakabadze

Lawyer Tariel Kakabadze writes on social media:

"There are frequent cases when police officers abuse citizens. Unfortunately, they believe the police officers and do not believe the citizens!

If there is no video of the abuse, the citizen is often doomed!!!

It should be objectively assessed which side of the story is reliable and convincing.

An objective analysis of the testimonies should be carried out.

It is unacceptable to blindly trust the testimony of a police officer just because of his status!

We, the lawyers, have been fighting against this ugly practice for years!

Until this vice changes, some police officers will not stop committing violence against citizens!" Lawyer Tariel Kakabadze writes on social media

For information, footage was released from Gori today showing police officers physically assaulting and detaining citizens in the Kombinati settlement. Later, the prosecutor's office issued a statement that an investigation has been launched into violence against citizens by police officers in Gori.