This Saturday, April 23, Belgian singer Arno died at the age of 72 from pancreatic cancer. A tragedy for his widow, Sophie Dewulf. In June 2020, she filed a complaint for “police violence and racism”, on the sidelines of a Black Lives Matter demonstration, which took place in Brussels.
Sophie Dewulf is in mourning. This young woman of Moroccan-Tunisian origin aged 42 has just lost her companion, the Belgian singer Arno, who died on Saturday April 23 at the age of 72 from pancreatic cancer. A devoted woman, she never failed to declare her love to her darling on social networks. But not everything was always rosy for Sophie Dewulf, especially on June 7, 2020.
That day, several thousand people gathered in Brussels to demonstrate against racism and police violence. In the afternoon, around 3 p.m., Sophie Dewulf swears to have been victim of abusive and muscular controlwhich took place near his home in the center of the Belgian capital.
Arno’s girlfriend said it happened when she took his dog out in his pajamas, a few blocks from the demonstration. Suddenly, the police reportedly pointed out to him that his dog was not on a leash. Deciding then to turn around and go home, Sophie Dewulf would have been questioned by a policeman, who asked him for his papers. Not having them on her, the young woman would have found herself pinned to the wall and immobilized, as our Belgian colleagues from Sud Info had explained. Alerted by the situation, the singer Arno would have immediately gone there. “Sophie cried on the way home. I didn’t understand why because the police didn’t tell me anything“, he had explained to Sud Info.
Sophie Dewulf: “I wonder here what could have happened if Arno had not arrived”
A few days later, on June 12, Sophie Dewulf decided to lodge a complaint for “police violence and racism”. “I wonder here what could have happened if Arno had not arrived. […] Physically, it doesn’t matter what happened to me. Morally, yes, but not physically. But I want to file a complaint. I want to file a complaint not only for myself, but also on behalf of those who are afraid or cannot afford to do so. What I find terrible today is thatwe should be reassured at the sight of a uniform and that we have come to be afraid of it“, she had declared.
The day after this complaint was filed, the Brussels-Ixelles police considered that the intervention of the police against Sophie Dewulf was “correct” and that in the absence of new elements brought to their attention, it declined to comment further.
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Sophie Dewulf and Arno
A devoted woman, she never failed to declare her love to her darling on social networks.
4/12 –
Sophie Dewulf and Arno
But not everything was always rosy for Sophie Dewulf, especially on June 7, 2020.
5/12 –
Sophie Dewulf and Arno
That day, several thousand people gathered in Brussels to demonstrate against racism and police violence.
6/12 –
Sophie Dewulf and Arno
In the afternoon, around 3 p.m., Sophie Dewulf swears to have been the victim of an abusive and muscular control, which took place near her home in the center of the Belgian capital.
7/12 –
Sophie Dewulf and Arno
Arno’s girlfriend said it happened as she took her dog out in her pajamas a few blocks from the protest. Suddenly, the police reportedly pointed out to him that his dog was not on a leash.
8/12 –
Sophie Dewulf
Deciding then to turn around and go home, Sophie Dewulf was arrested by a police officer, who asked her for her papers.
9/12 –
Sophie Dewulf and Arno
Not having them on her, the young woman would have found herself pinned to the wall and immobilized, as our Belgian colleagues from Sud Info had explained.
10/12 –
Sophie Dewulf
Alerted by the situation, the singer Arno would have immediately gone there. “Sophie cried on the way back. I didn’t understand why because the police didn’t say anything to me,” he explained to Sud Info.
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Sophie Dewulf and Arno
A few days later, on June 12, Sophie Dewulf decided to file a complaint for “police violence and racism”
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Sophie Dewulf and Arno
The day after this complaint was filed, the Brussels-Ixelles police considered that the intervention of the police against Sophie Dewulf was “correct”.