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popehippo in ontd_political

Officer given life for boy's murder in Greek riot case

Oct 11, 2010 09:41

A Greek policeman has been sentenced to life in prison for murdering a schoolboy in 2008, an incident that sparked mass unrest.

A court in the town of Amfissa convicted Epaminondas Korkoneas, 38, of intentionally killing 15-year-old Alexandros Grigoropoulos.

He was shot dead on 6 December 2008 in the Athens neighbourhood of Exarchia.Korkoneas's ( Read more... )

crime, fuck the police, greece

Comments 9

thebigbadbutch October 11 2010, 13:52:33 UTC

And that is the correct way to deal with police.

purveyorofchaos October 11 2010, 18:18:18 UTC

I like the anarchists way too.

thebigbadbutch October 11 2010, 18:53:31 UTC

No police?

purveyorofchaos October 11 2010, 19:02:15 UTC

Indeed.

poetic_pixie_13 October 11 2010, 15:44:37 UTC

Good. I'm glad that his partner was convicted for complicity as well. I hope that this helps stop police violence.

fishphile October 11 2010, 22:41:33 UTC

staringiscaring October 11 2010, 16:03:21 UTC

Well, when I went to Greece, I was told by Greeks that the kid had a Molotov cocktail but the Greeks are very suspicions of their police given their past.

bidanas18 October 15 2010, 19:30:31 UTC

no he didn't

staringiscaring October 16 2010, 04:04:00 UTC

*shrug* Just what I heard.