U.S. asked Israel to investigate beating of a teenage by police

Israel has  sentenced nine days house arrest to young American Jadair Abu Tariq, 15, hours after the State Department of the United States expressed its “deep concern” about the beating he had suffered on Friday while in police custody in Jerusalem. Abu Jadair left prison Sunday, in return for a deposit of 3,000 shekels.

The Foreign Ministry spokesman in Washington, Jen Psaki, had condemned Saturday night ‘s “excessive use of force” against Abu Jadair. United States called for a “transparent and credible investigation” of the facts.

During the weekend have released two videos with images of mistreatment when the suspect stopped by the Israeli border police. Handed him a long beating while they handcuffed him. The images show police hitting the head and face of the young, who were still kicking when he was on the ground, and again while he was dragged to the police car, handcuffed and apparently fainted.

Israeli police accused young to have participated in the mass riots that erupted on Friday after the funeral of Mohammed Abu Jadair, cousin arrested in Shuafat neighborhood in East Jerusalem. Mohamed was killed on Wednesday by Israeli right-wing in revenge for the recent killing of three young Jews in the West Bank.

Police says he resisted the authority when they went to arrest him. According to his family, from Florida Tariq visits Jerusalem for the first time in 10 years.

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