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In August 2020, a shocking event unfolded in Amsterdam when 23-year-old Sammy Baker, a student and fitness influencer from Giessen, was shot by eight police officers. The incident, which took place in an enclosed courtyard, was the culmination of a pursuit that began after Baker was mistakenly accused of stabbing an officer with a knife.
However, it was later revealed that this claim was false, and the Amsterdam police chief's assertion was exposed as unfounded. The parents of Baker are currently pursuing legal action against the public prosecutor's office in Amsterdam for perpetuating this false information on their website.
The pursuit ended when a police dog handler approached Baker from behind, bringing him down, and two officers subsequently shot him. The evidence basis for this procedure includes the investigation of Forensics Architecture, an expert opinion by German professor Thomas Feltes, and two expert opinions from a sociologist and a psychologist from the Netherlands.
An independent investigation by Forensic Architecture found that the self-defense theory in the Sammy Baker case is unsustainable. This revelation, along with the changed expert opinion in the case, has fueled doubts about the neutrality of the Amsterdam civil court among Baker's parents.
The incident occurred during a psychological crisis that Baker experienced after consuming cannabis. Despite the evidence of Baker's psychosis, arriving paramedics were not allowed to provide psychiatric or medical assistance.
The prosecution dropped the case against the perpetrators nine months later, citing self-defense. However, this decision has not quelled the controversy, with Baker's mother, Justine Seewald-Krieger, agreeing to a settlement with the police due to these doubts but insisting on continuing criminal charges against the involved officers.
Recently, an investigative report by a political scientist, commissioned as part of the civil case, concluded that the police were themselves responsible for the escalation in the Sammy Baker case. As a result, the disciplinary procedure now targets the dog handler and the incident commander of the police involved in the operation.
The two police officers being prosecuted in the Article 12 procedure for the killing of 23-year-old Sammy Baker by police in Amsterdam are the two officers who shot him in the enclosed courtyard after he was brought to the ground by a police dog handler, who had approached against orders. This event took place five years after the incident on August 13, 2020.
The investigation revealed that Baker was in a 'near-catatonic state' and moved so slowly that a police dog ran past him. Baker's mother, Justine Seewald-Krieger, traveled to Amsterdam to find her son and encountered him in Amsterdam-West. The changed expert opinion in the Sammy Baker case has added to the ongoing debate about police accountability and the use of force in such situations.
