“Volodymyr Slonchak, the deputy head of the Kyiv State City Administration who was dismissed due to an incident with the police, denies the attack on a law enforcement officer.”, — write: www.pravda.com.ua
Source: Slonchak on his Facebook page
Details: Since Monday morning, “Ukrainian Pravda” tried to get a comment from Slonchak, but he did not respond to calls or messages. From the position expressed in the social network, it follows that Slonchak does not plead guilty and accuses the law enforcement officers of exceeding their powers. However, Klitschko’s ex-deputy apologized for excessive emotions.
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Direct speech: “Regarding the infamous events… My car was stopped by the Patrol Police last night. While investigating the circumstances of the stop, the police defiantly exceeded their powers and violated the law, which caused me indignation. As a lawyer, I want to assure you that I clearly understand where emotions are, and where an attack on a police officer is, and the latter was definitely not the case!
Despite everything, I sincerely want to apologize to the public and law enforcement officers for my emotional intemperance.”
What preceded: The video from the chest camera of the patrolman, who issues a violation of the traffic rules of the car in which Slonchak was a passenger, was posted on the Internet. The latter aggressively communicates with law enforcement officers in raised tones and using obscene language. At some point, a fight breaks out. Slonchak is detained for assault.
Prehistory:
- Late in the evening of April 26, the deputy head of the Kyiv City State Administration, Volodymyr Slonchak, got into a fight with police officers on patrol, and the deputy of the capital city, Lyudmila Kostenko, who was driving the stopped car, refused to be tested for intoxication.
- The patrol made a report on her under Article 130 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (Driving while intoxicated) and made a decision under Article. 122 (Movement of cars without switched on headlights in the dark) KUpAP. The car was evacuated to the penalty area.
- Regarding Slonchak, investigators have started criminal proceedings under part 2 of Art. 345 (Threat or violence against a law enforcement officer) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.
- According to the patrol police, the law enforcement officer was hospitalized with a diagnosis of concussion of the soft tissues of the face and concussion. The Kyiv police said that Slonchak had clear signs of alcohol intoxication, and he faces up to 5 years in prison for what he did.
- On April 27, at a briefing, the head of the Kyiv City State Administration, the head of the capital Vitaliy Klychko, announced that he had fired his deputy and apologized for his inappropriate behavior.