Ombudsman Otakar Motejl thinks CzechTek 2005 techno music rave in Mlynec was legal
PRAGUE- Ombudsman Otakar Motejl has arrived at the conclusion that police crackdown on participants in the CzechTek 2005 techno music rave in Mlynec, west Bohemia, in late July was legal, according to the final report on the examination carried out by Motejl on his own initiative, Pravo writes.
"Police had enough reasons for carrying out their operation since participants in the rave illegally occupied land plots and there was a danger that the crime of harming others' people property could be committed," the daily quotes from the report.
Ombudsman thinks police crackdown on ravers was legal - press
Motejl completes examination of police action at CzechTek -- press
PRAGUE- Ombudsman Otakar Motejl has completed an examination of the police crack down on the CzechTek techno music rave that took place in Mlynec, west Bohemia, in late July and found mistakes both on the part of the police and the ravers, the Aktualne.cz news server says.
The report to be submitted to Interior Minister Frantisek Bublan and police president Vladislav Husak, says that "the situation was not black and white as each of the sides described it."
Motejl completes examination of police action at CzechTek -- press
Several dozen ravers and police officers were injured during the police operation in which water canons and tear gas were used. Charges have been brought against three participants and another 13 ravers were investigated.
CzechTek analysis finds fault with ravers and police