Killing of Sammy Baker

Samuel Seewald (1997–2020) was a young German man shot dead in Amsterdam by police officers on 13 August 2020.

There was a tense discussion between Seewald and police officers that lasted around 15 minutes, which was observed by a journalist who happened to be looking out of their window.

[5][6] As his mother stood nearby, an ambulance with mental health workers arrived but they stayed behind the police who had their guns drawn.

[1] The parents publicly questioned the police narrative, asking why Seewald had been shot and if there was a racist motive.

[5] Elnathan Prinsen of the Dutch Association for Psychiatry commented that the police had not behaved in a manner which could have de-escalated the situation.

[9] A year later they announced they were unhappy with the report by a sociologist and had engaged the British group Forensic Architecture to investigate.

Forensic Architecture concluded that Seewald was shot dead whilst lying on the ground and the police officers had not been in danger.