The officers who arrested the dragon were already infamous: repeated suspicions and open accounts of the victims

After the incident, Selas spent the day in detention because, according to officials, he used force against them. Well, according to the artist and his lawyer Adam Liutvinskas, Egidijus himself suffered physical pain.

Another cause of the conflict is officials’ suspicions that the scandalous artist is driving under the influence. Because at the time of the incident, according to E. Dragūnas, he blew zero per thousand, after a night in detention, he was transferred to the Republican Center for Addiction Diseases, where blood was drawn to determine the possibility of using psychotropic substances.

In an interview with the media gathered at the police station on Tuesday, E. Dragūnas said that he had not actually used drugs.

“There was tear gas, there was strangulation. I think the police wanted me here because yesterday I inflated zeros, I was sober, but they wanted to do a drug test. They kept me here for that. <...> I checked everything, “said Selas.

When Delfi contacted Dragūnas on Wednesday, he said that immediately after his arrest, he received hundreds of messages with stories and videos, where the aggressive behavior of the policemen who detained him was recorded. It is known that Delfi stopped the artist, who was popular on Instagram, 28.4 thousand. Vitalijus Vaitkevič, who has a following, and Livijus Saukevičius, who is gaining popularity there, have 6,797 followers on social media.

Both have already been mentioned in the media for their behavior during their service. L. Saukevičius became famous when a girl was raped and beaten at the club in the capital “Metelica”. On his instagram story, he shared a screenshot of an article about the event and left a note: “You need to snuggle less. And there will be nothing. “

Information about this statement from the official even reached the Vilnius County Police Chief Commissariat Saulius Gaga. According to him, the official was sent to the Officials Ethics Commission and the statements of this official were considered in the public space.

After this event, Livijus Saukevičius issued a letter of apology.

Well, his partner V. Vaitkevič, who is named the best Lithuanian police officer, got negative public opinions when a video was posted on the social network, in which the officer names the driver who left him. lochu, and then, even without resisting, tears of gas on his face.

During the service, he stopped a drunk driver who did not have the right to drive behind the wheel, who when he got out of the car, walked with a bottle of champagne in his hands and was delayed in disputes with the police.

“With us lochais we are working, can you imagine … And we stopped drinking again, “said V. Vaitkevič in the video.

The two couples, who detained E. Dragūnas on Tuesday, were also not courteous, according to the artist.

“I do not relate to all policemen in general and that is not my approach to all policemen. This is not a matter of principle. There are people who do their job normally and this is a very important profession.

Yesterday, as soon as I picked up the phone, I received a lot of all kinds of information about that person. I won’t lie, there are around 300 written messages. He may not explain it to me here, but he says he’s arrogant. There is a video where he sprays gas in the eyes of a teenager. She’s such a casual person here that she doesn’t have to work in such structures.

I saw their behavior. He came without a mask, even though he had to wear it. She said she didn’t need it at all. She then accused me of using the phone even though I didn’t use it at all. I held it in my hands and maybe there was some button pressed there. But here’s the little thing, just the details.

The man simply behaved in an inappropriate and provocative manner. My position is as follows: I don’t know what I can do for better or for worse, but that person doesn’t have to work for the police. And that’s certainly not my general approach with the police. There are many incredible people who work out of a vocation rather than an idea. I wouldn’t want to shake that man in a common bucket. But it doesn’t have to work. I say that yesterday I saw a lot of messages. There are also articles. And not just about him, but about his colleague.

<...> These people are probably young and uneducated for the job. They can go somewhere to play sports, run, but not that … If a person can access (the driver) without a mask. These are officials for whom laws have been passed. They initiate those laws themselves. They are an example. If he comes over and says with complete indifference that “he does not need it”, and then he looks for something to hold on to and he conflicts … Here is the characteristic and the stroke of his work, “said E. Dragūnas.

Ramūnas Matonis, Head of the Communication Department of the Police Department, told Delfi that in this case the officers could have used the mentioned actions.

“The driver behaved in an aggressive manner, forcing the officer to react to the aggressive behavior. If the driver does not obey the requirement to present documents and get out of the car, the officer has the right to use force, “said R. Matonis, and when asked if the use of tear gas is possible immediately, he said that it was a long enough process.

Well, the statement by E. Dragūnas that the conflict started when he asked the agents to put on masks and they refused, R. Matonis commented: “According to the driver, it was, and as it will be seen during the pre-trial investigation “.

When asked how he behaved during the conflict, E. Dragūnas did not hide that he did not avoid swearing: “I’m sorry I fell to your level and everything went to your level. I didn’t try to behave differently when they came and started lying to me. “

History repeats itself

Delfi’s newsroom was approached by a man who did not want to reveal his identity, who said his encounter with these officials sounded nearly identical. An interlocutor who was driving a luxury Lexus stated that he had been abused while passing a police car. Another reason, according to him, may be that V. Vaitkevič was already known; both were from Ignalina, in addition, there had already been a conflict between them.

“There are even more people with more luxurious cars who have encountered the same officer. Provoke the driver to do so.

I drove calmly, everything was fine, I just passed the officers’ car. Maybe I was speeding a bit. And that officer knew me from before, we are both from Ignalina. Also, he had already arrested me, and since I realized that he had wrongly accused me, we had a little chat for the first time.

The second time I left town with my respectable mother, she caught up with me again, stopped me, and told me to drive without a seatbelt, but since I was wearing it, I began to deny it.

Then he asked me to provide him with the documents. I say: “Officer, can you tell me how long I have to present the documents? I drive from the field, my car is big and those documents are rolling somewhere. “He immediately told me in a severe tone:” Report immediately or I will start the violence. “I tell him:” Close the door and I will hand you over, do not run towards the car. “Again he threatened to start raping. And then he started.

He saw that I was filming the whole event, took the phone and tried to break it. Then she started to climb out the window, broke into the car, doused me with gasoline, and at the same time my mother got them. I was very nervous … I dropped my mother’s cell phone and asked her to go home. Then the officer told his partner: “Hold the woman, she is trying to get out with the phone.”

Then I used an electric shock in front of me, took it out of the machine, placed it on the asphalt, pressed my head with one eye on the ball and held it for about three minutes until the booster arrived. That booster shook my entire machine. He found documents that he had not given him. Then they took me to the police station.

In short, I barely won a criminal case for allegedly hitting an official. However, his accusation was rejected by the prosecutor because no one saw him. I didn’t use bad words or what. I was just attacked by a police officer.

Thus, although the prosecutor dismissed the case, Vaitkevič himself received from the police station just over a thousand euros for alleged injuries suffered during his work. And that wound is a red hand. That hand flushed from the struggle he himself mimicked attacking me. He received compensation for this from the police station, and now the commission is looking for this money from me. Supposedly I hurt him.

Also, since I was accused of driving without a belt, I asked for videos to record it, after all, everything is being filmed. The Commissioner told me that “there are no records, there is no conservation.”

A trial has already been conducted. However, as it happened in my favor, the police station appealed this decision to the higher court.

My opinion is this: since he is a well-known policeman and knows everyone in all the police stations, I believe that he, the police station and some other officials are acting in agreement. They are paid money and then they share that money. It would be interesting to compare how many incidents this officer had and how many other incidents had similar incidents.

In general, if an officer notices that a conflict is occurring, they should invite another officer to take over the communication. All the regulations are written in the police regulations. This man doesn’t follow any rules. He does what he needs. Egoistically.

When I saw that video of policemen breaking into Egidijus’s car, I immediately realized that absolutely similar actions were being used, “the man said.

R. Matonis confirmed to Delfi that a state benefit is paid to officials who have suffered certain injuries on the job.

“If there is an injury while on duty, you can receive compensation. Its size depends on the level of the injury: the injury can be minor, severe and can result in inability to work. The greater the injury, the greater the benefit. Also If there are certain injuries that prevent the officer from working, a certificate of disability is issued, ”explained R. Matonis.

When asked if the conduct of V. Vaitkevič during the service had ever been investigated, a police spokesman could not respond. When the editorial asked about the official’s contacts, R. Matonis said he was not authorized to share the employees’ phone numbers.