Country Catalunya, Spain
Year 2021
Affected group/minority Catalan-speakers
Perpetrator Shop owner and local police
Type of case Hate speech / Hate act
Type of act Verbal / Administrative
Media: Physical interaction
Reactions: Plataforma per la Llengua attempted to support the victim and condemned the case
Brief description:
A citizen was mistreated by the local police for denouncing that she had been denied the right to be served in Catalan in a shop.
As a result from her complaint, the lady received two fines for "disobedience to the authority" and "obstruction of public services", after a police officer spoke to her in Spanish, mistreated her and destroyed evidence.
Plataforma per la Llengua supported the victim and addressed the City Council, asking that the fines be revoked. Nevertheless, the Council maintained the sanctions and destroyed the security images of the police station.
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