Tuk-tuk driver complains to police for assault in central Lisbon

A 31-year-old tuk-tuk driver filed a criminal complaint with the PSP against a Lisbon Municipal Police officer (also a PSP officer) who accuses him of hitting him three times, causing him to fall and damaging the mobile phone he was using. The complainant recorded a “heated” interaction between the two.

According to a police source, the complaint states that on Saturday at 15:00 they met in Plaza D. Pedro IV (Rossiu). The driver let the passengers out of the tuk-tuk and, as he told the police, the police approached him “screaming and slapping him twice.” The agent would say that the driver could not have parked in that location.

The police officer turned his attention to the other drivers and the applicant approached him to record the conversation. The video, which the CM had access to, shows the agent hitting the complainant on the arm and the cell phone falling to the floor. Then they both enter the establishment, hearing threats and hints about drinking alcohol. This situation is described in a complaint filed with the PSP at the Baixa police station and confirmed by a tourist who offered himself as a witness and presented his version in the trial.

TO CMThe Lisbon City Council confirms “an incident involving a municipal police officer on September 16 following an incident with a tuk-tuk driver in Plaza D. Pedro IV in Lisbon.” “The above-mentioned municipal police officer filed a violation report against the above-mentioned driver as a result of a traffic violation. The above-mentioned agent prepared a detailed report on the same day in which he described the entire incident. “, applies.

When asked about the termination of the investigation or disciplinary process, the municipality states that “until the above-mentioned procedure is completed, no further clarification can be provided, thereby seeking to guarantee the rights of denunciation, protection and the right to a good name and defense.” the reputation of the participants.”