The courts have confirmed a one-month suspension for Víctor Duque, a sub-inspector of the National Police and general secretary of the Federal Police Union, for reprimanding an officer who asked for his ID during an altercation at the 2018 Algeciras Fair. The High Court of Madrid has rejected the appeal by the leader of the police union against his sanction for a serious lack of consideration after a criminal court also imposed a fine of 180 euros for disobedience. Duque is also awaiting trial for alleged misappropriation of union funds.
The officers reported that that night they went to the Fair in the town of Cadiz due to an altercation between the doorman of a tent at the venue and several men. One of them was Duque, who reacted by berating the national police officers who came to the area and asked him to identify himself. “You are a brat, don’t tell me what I have to do because I knew it before you were born. You have no idea who I am,” he said to one of them. He continued with the insults when they asked him for his ID: “I am not going to identify myself to you, you are a useless brat. If you want, you can arrest me.”
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