Family of Ethiopian-Israeli killed accuse police of excessive force

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Published: 25 January 2019

Last updated: 4 March 2024

As police say Yehuda Biadga charged at officer with knife, the family and community claim his death was connected to his Ethiopian background

Family of man killed by cop accuses police of using excessive force (Times of Israel)
Police say Yehuda Biadga of Bat Yam charged at officer with knife, reject allegations officer’s actions were connected to suspect being of Ethiopian origin

The Israel police badge of shame (Ynet)
The death of 24-year-old Ethiopian-Israeli Yehuda Biadga was cold-blooded murder; there's no other word to describe what happened to the young man from the Ethiopian community who his family says was shot by police in the head

I fear for my life—not from terrorists, but from police (Ynet)
The first thing you learn in the IDF is that when trying to stop an unresponsive suspect, you first aim for the legs. Why did the police shot to kill a mentally ill black man, even though they knew of his condition?

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Photo: Yehuda Biadga (Facebook)