Police Arrested Wrong Haredi Man After Stone-Throwing Incident

A Haredi demonstrator was arrested on Monday in Jerusalem's Mea Shearim neighborhood on suspicion of throwing a stone at police officers during a protest. However, after being held overnight, video evidence presented in court revealed that a different individual had thrown the stone. The arrested man was brought before a judge for an extension of his detention, with police initially seeking to hold him for an additional five days. A police report from one of the officers present claimed continuous eye contact with the suspect from the moment the stone was thrown until his arrest, forming the basis for the detention extension request. The detainee's lawyer presented the video footage in court, proving that someone else, not the arrested Haredi man, was responsible for the act. The police representative acknowledged the error after viewing the video, withdrawing the request for further detention. "After I saw the video and was convinced it was another person, we request to release the respondent immediately without conditions," the representative stated in court.