Police pepperspray 15-month-old

Boy’s father and uncle had been stopped for a routine traffic accident

A screen shot from an eyewitness who saw Abdulmohsen Homoud and his 15-month-old son peppersprayed (Photo: Ekstra Bladet)
“I cried when I saw my son. I couldn’t believe my own eyes.”

That was the reaction of 39-year-old Abdulmohsen Homoud, a Belgian resident visiting family in Copenhagen, after a police officer peppersprayed his 15-month-old son following a routine traffic stop.

According to eyewitness accounts, a police officer, described by Ekstra Bladet tabloid as “bald and heavily tattooed”, sprayed Homoud, his son and several other people after Homoud attempted to enter the youth sports club he was visiting in order to drop off his son.

According to Ekstra Bladet, Homoud was a passenger in his own vehicle when the driver – Homoud’s brother – went the wrong way on a one-way street. Police followed the car to a scout and karate club in the Nørrebro district. The driver of the car admitted he was at fault and said he would pay the fine. Homoud then attempted to enter the club to drop off his son, who was cold, to another brother so that he could produce his papers for the police officers.

Source and full story: Copenhagen Post, 1 Oct 2012