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Last week, the prosecutor's office, along with the police, intervened in a private zoo in Łączna, where five people were detained and 33 animals were removed, which sparked protests from local residents and revealed numerous irregularities concerning the conditions of their captivity. #Protesty (translated)

Piotr Kusznieruk accused Wielowieyska of accepting the police's version as an established fact and assessing the detained individual before the court's decision. He questioned the legal basis for identifying the man who — as he wrote — was calmly standing at the crosswalk, as well as the attempt to take him aside. He asked whether the refusal to provide personal information justified intervention. Kusznieruk noted that pushing away the officers and fleeing did not exempt the assessment of the legality and proportionality of the force used. He also pointed out the choking of the subdued individual, the vulgarities and threats that — as he wrote — were audible on the recording, and questioned whether such behavior was within the standards of human rights. He added that the court had refused to detain the man, and according to the defense, it concluded that the prosecutor had not even demonstrated a high probability of the alleged act being committed. He characterized this as more than just a routine refusal of detention. He deemed the attribution of a crisis to the detainee based on his behavior as public stigmatization. He also believed that publicly presenting him as an aggressor before the court's decision could be seen as incitement, and that journalists should monitor power, rather than act as its spokesperson. #prawaCzłowieka #Polska #policja (translated)

Jacek Fogiel wrote that Adam Bielan had earlier warned that Donald Trump might react "brutally" to the situation surrounding the Constitutional Tribunal, for example by suspending the base. According to Fogiel, Bielan also claimed that Americans regularly ask him about the Constitutional Tribunal and cannot imagine a forceful solution. Fogiel recalled that when asked on Polsat about a possible intervention by Trump, Bielan said he did not know if the U.S. president was currently focused on events in Poland. Fogiel pointed to the September visit to Poland by a delegation from the U.S. Congress: Democrat Elissa Slotkin and Republicans Thom Tillis and John Curtis. As he wrote, the delegation met with the management of the Ministry of Justice and discussed the crisis surrounding the Constitutional Tribunal. Minister Żurek summarized the talks, saying that American partners showed understanding and support for the reform of the judiciary. Fogiel stated that representatives of both parties supported the principle that in a democratic state the parliamentary majority governs, and accused PiS of appealing to Trump and Congress for help in defending the Tribunal. He added that the parliamentary majority was acting, and Bielan's statement indicated his helplessness. #Polska #TrybunałKonstytucyjny #Ameryka (translated)

Piotr Kusznieruk questioned the way the police presented the controversial intervention. He wrote that the detained man lost consciousness, and according to witnesses, he was being choked and was taken to the ambulance in handcuffs. He added that there were no recordings from the officers' body cameras, but the available recordings contained screams and the officer's profanity. Kusznieruk pointed out that reports included information about a folding knife that was allegedly hidden under the man's clothing. He asked whether the man threatened with it or took it out, and emphasized that no evidence of the knife's use was presented. In his opinion, simply possessing a knife would not justify choking or the disproportionate use of force. The author suggested that highlighting information about the knife while ignoring the circumstances of losing consciousness and the lack of recordings could serve to build a convenient narrative. He called for the release of recordings, documentation of the intervention, and the basis for the use of specific coercive measures. He added that deliberately distorting facts to justify the officers' actions would be a more serious problem than the controversial intervention itself. #policja #interwencja #manipulacja (translated)

Chrzanik wrote that the police intervention did not look standard: according to him, the man was pressed to the ground and barely breathing, with three police officers lying on top of him. He described the behavior of the policewoman as extremely disturbing. He added that the unconscious man was placed in an ambulance in handcuffs and asked what was happening. https://t.co/cwJtbMjQtD #policja #interwencje #bezpieczeństwo (translated)

The Warsaw Police announced that officers securing the gathering on Szucha Avenue noticed a nervously behaving man who was moving away towards Marszałkowska Street. According to the police, when the officers tried to establish his identity, the man fled into a building near Szucha Avenue and Unii Lubelskiej Square, where he attacked a policewoman and caused her a head injury. The police reported that the injured officer was taken to the hospital, and the man was subdued and arrested. During the search, a knife hidden under his jacket was found. In a statement, the Warsaw Police rejected public accusations that the officers were responsible for the consequences of the incident. They emphasized that the officers were the target of aggression and that the assessment of the intervention should take its course into account. #Policja #Bezpieczeństwo #Warszawa (translated)

The author wrote that according to the accounts of those detained, police interventions near the Constitutional Tribunal included interrogations behind bars, cigarette smoke, twisting arms, and putting handcuffs on hands behind the back, as in the case of the most dangerous criminals. https://t.co/mO2KooMPfI #policja #przemoc #interwencje #PL (translated)

The Poland News reported that deer, mouflons, and llamas were outside their enclosures at the Łączna Zoo. The author stated that they did not know the circumstances of the incident or the actions being taken, and the animals were said to be hungry, scared, and in danger. They called for urgent oversight of the ongoing activities and intervention to ensure their safety. #OchronaZwierząt #BezpieczeństwoZwierząt #Interwencja (translated)

ThePolandNews reported that on the night from Wednesday to Thursday, clashes occurred between police and individuals protesting against the removal of animals from the private Zoo Łączna. According to reports, the protesters blocked the exit road, and officers, after calling for them to disperse, used force to remove them. The police were said to have reported that four individuals violated the physical integrity of officers and were taken into custody. Protesters accused the police of brutal intervention; one participant claimed that they hit a woman and failed to provide assistance to a man on the ground. ThePolandNews also recalled that the prosecutor's office in Wałbrzych had previously detained five individuals associated with the zoo, accusing them of animal abuse, malnutrition, and lack of proper veterinary care. According to the author, approximately 100 species lived at the facility, including tigers, kangaroos, and monkeys. Some animals were taken away, which met with opposition from zoo defenders demanding information about their further fate. #protest #zoo #policja (translated)

Since morning, members of the Law and Justice party have gathered both outside the Constitutional Tribunal and inside the building, currently conducting interventions. Our leader, Mr. Prime Minister Jarosław Kaczyński, is also personally in the building, leading a parliamentary intervention since morning regarding the attempt to illegally take over the last independent institution of the justice system from the government. Rafał Bochenek informed shortly afterwards that the president of PiS is conducting an intervention inside the building. #Kaczyński #TrybunałKonstytucyjny #protest (translated)

Konrad Krasuski wrote that he received information from several interlocutors that raised his doubts about the course of the inspections and the selection of experts in the case of the zoo in Łączna. The lawyer he referred to reportedly claimed that Mondo Cane regularly requests the same expert, who then co-creates a protocol in line with the expectations of the organization. Krasuski asked why a veterinarian expert was not appointed. According to the author, an employee of the Veterinary Inspection critically assessed the expert's competencies, using offensive language. Another interlocutor reportedly indicated that similar situations occurred in the palm house in Legnica and the shelter in Rybow. Krasuski added that in such cases, the expert is often not a veterinarian. The author announced that he would ask the prosecutor's office who and at whose request the expert was appointed, what her competencies were, who prepared and approved the protocols, what remuneration she would receive, and whether the organizations participating in the intervention had an influence on the selection of the expert. Krasuski also raised the issue of the future of the animals. He reminded that the dogs from Sobolewa were sent, among others, to Kuflew and DIOZ, and asked where the animals from Łączna would be transported and whether anyone would monitor this. He wrote that the conversations that leaked from the chats did not indicate the existence of such monitoring. #sprawiedliwość #weterynaria #biegli (translated)

Kafir wrote that he increasingly considered elitism to be better than democracy, because — as he claimed — in elections the vote of a person with knowledge and experience carries the same weight as the vote of a person without basic competencies. He noted that elitism, in his opinion, did not depend on wealth or education, but on knowledge, reason, and the ability to think independently. He criticized voters who — according to him — assessed economic policy without knowledge of issues such as inflation, budget, or monetary policy. As examples, he referred to people shopping at Lidl and Biedronka, as well as checking purchase prices, and accused some of them of confusing daily savings with the competencies needed to evaluate the state's finances. At the same time, he emphasized that simply looking for cheaper products was not bad. Kafir also criticized politicians who — as he wrote — lacked experience in running businesses or managing budgets, yet held positions that allowed them to decide on significant public expenditures. He accused right-wing groups of citing religion, tradition, and national values while simultaneously supporting strong authority without proper oversight. He argued that appeals to patriotism and religion did not replace the knowledge and competencies necessary to govern the state. He compared the expectations placed on children in their education to the expectations of politicians. He wrote that parents usually required their children to learn math and helped them acquire knowledge, yet some voters — in his opinion — did not expect similar competencies from those seeking power. He compared governing the state to entrusting a ten-year-old child with the household budget without parental control, pointing out that promises of unfunded expenditures could lead to debt. The author accused voters of re-electing politicians despite their mistakes if they promised them more money, and that they rejected criticism as a lack of patriotism. He claimed that some people did not want to check information or analyze arguments and instead trusted loud political messages. In conclusion, he asked why voters demanded education from children but did not require knowledge from politicians before entrusting them with power. He also mentioned the action "7 percent of 460," relating it to the number of deputies, and stated that there were at most 7 percent of wise ones among them. #Demokracja #Elitaryzm #Edukacja (translated)

The police are conducting numerous interventions in schools in the Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship due to concerns about safety following tragic events, but they ensure that all reports are being thoroughly checked and no cases of violence have been recorded. #BezpieczeństwoSzkoły #Policja #Czujność (translated)

The author of the entry wrote that Glapiński was supposed to stand before the State Tribunal. He indicated that the charges concerned monetary policy and financial actions, including the indirect financing of the budget deficit and unauthorized currency interventions. He also mentioned charges related to the management of the institution and violations of its political neutrality. https://t.co/K31ZtjmqSJ #polityka #finanse #TrybunałStanu #PL (translated)