Jessica Stegrud’s words about the confrontation

SD leader Jessica Stegrud will report the situation at the Riksdag to the police when she was confronted by aggressive and threatening Palestinian activists.

– It can’t reasonably be legal to attack elected officials in this way, she says. “What the hell are you accusing me of?”

Jessica Stegrud is a member of parliament for the Sweden Democrats. On Wednesday afternoon, she participated in a photo shoot in the parliament. After taking pictures outside the plenary hall, the photographer wanted them to take some outdoor photos.

– When we get out, a few people come up to me, especially, and start behaving quite aggressively verbally, she says.

The SD top doesn’t know if it was because the people recognized her that they targeted her.

– It was very aggressive and threatening. A lot of threatening things were said. They didn’t keep their distance.

Words: “Fucking fucking whore”

The individuals were Palestine activists. Films from the incident that Jessica Stegrud and others have posted from the incident show that one woman in particular is behaving very aggressively. She calls Stegrud a “fucking disgusting” and a “fucking fucking whore” and accuses her of “supporting genocide.”

– A conflict that I have nothing to do with, says Jessica Stegrud, who is a member of the social affairs committee.

After the first confrontation, Jessica Stegrud conducted an interview with journalists who were at the scene and wanted a comment on what had just happened.

Then two of the women who had previously confronted Stegrud returned, now holding a sign that read “SHAME.” Stegrud picked up her phone to film them. She later noticed that her camera wasn’t working at the time, she says.

Struck the phone

One woman tried to call Stegrud’s phone.

– She tries to knock a couple of times, tries to take my phone away and even pushes me a little.

The police have said that an unauthorized public gathering was held at the location. They took up reports and counter-reports of assault and harassment involving a total of four people, but no member of parliament.

However, the police noted that things became particularly tense when a member of parliament came out of the parliament building.

Jessica Stegrud states that she needed to go in to vote and did not have time to file a police report on the spot.

– I’ll do it. I tried yesterday but there was such a long line at the police station.

“Unreasonable”

She is critical of the police allowing unauthorized demonstrations of this type to be held outside the Riksdag.

– It is unsustainable as long as they behave this way. No one is trying to restrict anyone’s freedom of expression. They have been doing it for a year and a half now and have been allowed to do it, at Mynttorget for example. That is part of democracy. But it cannot be that you have to attack elected officials.

Police spokesman Daniel Wikdahl made a general statement on Wednesday evening about the demonstrations outside the Riksdag in recent days that have been allowed to continue despite lacking a permit.

– We have checked with our lawyers, and they have concluded that the constitutionally protected rights weigh most heavily.

After Wednesday’s events, a report was made of an unauthorized public gathering.