“If we let him down, then we let all police-officers down who take for a tough approach to criminality”, declared Vlaams Belang front-man Filip Dewinter.

Dewinter confirmed that a tough approach did not always imply only using orthodox methods, stating that unorthodox methods are sometimes necessary when dealing with unscrupulous types.

“I would prefer the ‘Robocop’ type à la Bart Debie to the wimpish gendarmes,” he claimed.

Debie was not convicted of racism, a fact which Dewinter sees as important for his future political career.

[Copyright Expatica News 2007]

Subject: Belgian news