At the music party, in 2019, in Nantes, the 24-year-old young man died drowned in the Loire after a law enforcement intervention. The Commissioner then to the maneuver, as well as the former prefect and his office, indicted, gave their version of the facts to the investigators.
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The night fell on Rennes, it is 20 hours past, this Wednesday, September 22, and facing the investigating judge David Bénichou, Commissioner Grégoire Chassaing splits armor: “Would I have appreciated Things differently? he wonders. Perhaps, but I remain convinced that I did not commit any fault. I made decisions in a degraded context. I did not order any charge. “
The police officer, 51, is indicted for involuntary homicide as part of the investigation of Steve Maia Caniço’s death, a 24-year-old man who perished in the Loire, Nantes, the night of the FESTIVAL OF MUSIC 2019. In charge of the general safety mechanism, Mr. Chassaing led the controversial operation of dispersal of the techno evening held on the Wilson dock, a site devoid of the slightest parapet.
In the state, he was criticized for himself of having committed, on June 22, 2019, from 4 o’clock in the morning, in an approach of extinction of the walls of his “without having ensured the presence beforehand. effective reinforcements to ensure the safety of people during this maneuver that can generate incidents “.
The situation has degenerated when the police required relatives to cut the sound. At 4:33 am, Commissioner Chassaing announces by radio message that the police in place are wrestling a shower of projectiles. The latter, in return, make use of 33 tear grenades, 10 grenades of deencing and 12 shots of defense ball launcher (LBD). The lacary cloud that follows creates a panic movement. It leads to the fall of several people in the river, including that, fatal, Mr. Maia Caniço.
As in 2015 and 2018, the service note from the Departmental Public Safety Department (DDSP) concerning the 2019 Music Day, addressed to the key actors of the monitoring system, mentioned: “Except absolute necessity , the use of tear yields can only be done on the express investigation of the Order Service Director. “The imperative of prudence, which appeared late in the documents of previous editions, is even, this time,” reassemble “in Good place, as if to highlight its importance. Mr. Chassaeg has “not perceived” the highlighting of the setpoint and “does not interpret it as an anticipation of disorder at the Wilson Quay”, as indicated in its minutes of interrogation, including Le Monde was aware.
“A necessary and proportionate response”
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