The Irídia association has filed an administrative contentious appeal before the National Court against the Generalitat and the Government of Spain for the severe cranial injury suffered by Roger García during a concentration held on October 16, 2019, before the Department of Interior.
The legal action seeks to determine responsibility for the impact of a police projectile on the head of the affected person, which caused him a severe traumatic brain injury with permanent sequelae and possible psychological effects.
The appeal points to both administrations
Irídia directs the appeal both against the Generalitat and against the General State Administration considering that, until now, both institutions have shifted the responsibility from one to another. The entity maintains that this situation has generated an institutional blockage of the case.
The events date back to the protest held in front of the headquarters of the Departament d'Interior. In that context, the association maintains that agents of the Mossos d'Esquadra and the Policía Nacional fired foam projectiles and rubber balls indiscriminately and without prior warning.
A report points to a kinetic energy projectile
Within the procedure, a police report has been incorporated which concludes, indisputably, that the object that impacted Roger García's head was a kinetic energy projectile, compatible with foam or with a rubber ball.
That element is one of the central points of the appeal, which seeks to clarify which police force fired the shot and which administration must assume responsibility for the injuries caused.
Permanent sequelae after the impact
Roger García suffered a severe traumatic brain injury and suffers permanent sequelae. The appeal also notes the existence of possible psychological effects derived from those events.
With this route before the National Court, the association tries to unblock a case that remains without a concrete attribution of responsibility between the two administrations involved, despite the seriousness of the injuries and the existence of a report that places the origin of the impact in a police projectile.