Ordinary citizens have the right to defend...
"I was on duty...he committed a crime, I detained him and he resisted."But the chief spokesman for the Russian Interior Ministry, Police Maj. Gen. Valery Gribakin said citizens "are entitled to resist a police officer if his behavior is improper."
Nurgaliyev also reiterated his intention to fight police corruption regardless of rank and position.
However, a police officer from the southern Russian city of Novorossiisk was fired earlier this month after posting a video on the web asking Prime Minister Vladimir Putin to launch a nationwide corruption probe.
The reputation of the Russian police has taken a beating in recent years, with frequent cases of police brutality. In the last 18 months, police in Russia have been convicted or charged with burning a suspect to death, shooting sprees and rape.
SHCHYOLKOVO (Moscow Region), November 26 (RIA Novosti)
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