On June 19th, 2021, a Romani man, Stanislav Tomas, was killed by the Czech police: a police man kneeled on his neck for six minutes in broad daylight on the street while people looked and he later died in the ambulance. His death sparked protests led and attended by Romani people in several different European countries but they quickly died down because no one else cared. Then the Czech Prime Minister stated his support for the Czech police in regards to the case and congratulated them for "a job well done", and once again no one cared because it's a European cop's job to kill Roma. Earlier this year the Czech General Inspection of Security Forces said no crime had been committed by the policeduring the operation that killed Stanislav Tomas, because it's apparently legal to kill Roma in Europe, it's not a crime to kill Roma in Europe, and once again no one protested because no one cared.
Now Stanislav Tomas's sister, Simona Tomasova, and Romani rights activists have taken the case to the European court and I pray to God someone will go to jail or I'll lose my mind
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