US EditionA Court Disproves Immigration and Crime Bullies One by One
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The Audiencia de Valencia has acquitted the chief inspector of police Ricardo Ferris, who has ceased to be responsible for the police station Centro de València because of his words, in which he linked immigration and crime. He has opened a file that was paralysed while the case was being investigated. He also stated that “absolutely all the violations that are being committed in Spain are being committed by people who come from outside.”
Three years of doubts, social and professional pressure have culminated in the acquittal of Ricardo Ferris, former chief inspector of the National Police in Valencia, who faced charges of hate crime due to his statements during an event organized by VOX in 2022. The court has ruled that, despite the aggressive and provocative tone of his words, “freedom of expression prevails”, establishing a significant precedent in the interpretation of hate c…
Coinciding with the Day of the Patron Saint of the Police, the acquittal of Ricardo Ferris, the former chief inspector for whom the Hate Crimes Prosecutor's Office sought three years in prison for linking immigration and crime during a presentation, has been revealed. The Second Section of the Valencia Provincial Court ruled that "freedom of expression prevails." Read more]]>
The Valencia High Court has acquitted the chief inspector of the Valencia police accused of a hate crime for saying that all migrants arriving by barge are ex-convicts. “Despite admitting that the defendant went too far in some moments of his speech, we must be restrictive in the limitations on freedom of expression and we consider that imposing prison sentences in this case would be a disproportionate reaction,” the court said. The ruling reaso…
The Valencia Audience considers that the demonstrations are protected by freedom of expression
The Second Section of the Provincial High Court of Valencia has acquitted the Chief Inspector of Police who was accused of a hate crime for relating immigration to crime, according to the High Court of Justice (TSJ) of the Valencian Community.
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