Police officers have to weigh things up before they carry out an identity check, thinks Annelies Verlinden (CD&V). She sent a circular with guidelines for the police after 200 young people were arrested preventively in Brussels. The police received a lot of criticism for this: some groups felt targeted. According to the Minister of the Interior, is the police often guilty of discrimination? “No one will dare to do anything in the future”, the unions respond.
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INTERVIEW. Minister Verlinden gives guidelines for identity checks: “It is no longer possible for the police to check someone because of skin color”
