the body of Local Police of Murcia has issued a statement this morning disclaiming any responsibility for the actions of the agent who paralyzed the actions of Rocio Saiz last Saturday, and apologizing to her for the inconvenience caused. The artist herself has echoed the publication, through which she seeks to make it clear that “the inspector in question acted on his own initiative, his actions being incorrect and not informing the chain of command at any time.”
In said statement, the Murcian Police insisted that theirs is “a institution sensitized with the LGTBIQ+ collective” and that “he always wanted the Pride party to take place as normal”, ensuring the well-being of the public. Based on the events that occurred, a case was opened disciplinary file to the inspector in question, as stated in Organic Law 4/2010, of May 20, on the Disciplinary Regime of the National Police Force. “Coherence has gained. This type of attitude happens constantly”, commented Rocío Saiz. “I want to make it clear that there are also wonderful police officers and they dirty their work. That we need safe spaces and that we are fed up with machismo and abuse of power“.
In the afternoon of yesterday, Tuesday, it was already announced that The Prosecutor’s Office had initiated proceedings to investigate the possible facts attributable to the agent and that the Murcian police force had also opened an internal investigation to clarify what had happened.
Rocío Saiz was the protagonist of a controversy in Murcia last Saturday for show her breasts while sounding How I love you during a concert in the framework of the celebrations of the Pride. A few minutes after the artist took off her shirt on stage, she was urged by a team member to covered with a rainbow flag. At the end of the concert, Rocío Saiz shared a publication on social networks denouncing what had happened: “The police have stopped the concert. They would not let me continue if I did not get dressed. Either I put on my shirt or I was handcuffed for ‘exaltation of order, exhibitionism and contempt for authority'”, he explained from his Twitter and Instagram account.
The singer explained that, after leaving the stage, a police inspector asked her for the documentation and later went to look for it to coerce and handcuff her, assuring him loudly that “he had broken I don’t know how many laws and that he would open a police report for him.” According to sources consulted by Europa Press, the interrogation did not obey any type of “police or political instruction”.