An official of the Aulnay-sous-Bois tray was indicted for “voluntary violence who resulted in death without intention to give it” and left under judicial control.
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from the white march that has shaken at the foot of the Cité du Groshalé, in Aulnay-sous-Bois (Seine-Saint-Denis), where the parents of Jean-Paul Benjamin live in, 33, killed By a police officer of the city’s anti-crime brigade, on March 26, there is no image or interview. An improvised service dismissed the television teams attending the event – “For the fear of the police reprisals,” said the family of the victim, who called “in peace” and “respect for his memory “. And, too, because the media have been accused of focusing on the five nights of riots that followed the announcement of the death of “JP”, which resulted in 42 arrests and about fifteen appearances immediately .
Saturday, April 2, the Bobigny Prosecutor, Eric Mathais, announced the indictment of the official for “voluntary violence who resulted in death without intent to give it”. Contrary to the wishes of the investigating judges in charge of the file, the 32-year-old police officer, formerly assigned to the Directorate of Public Order and the circulation and then at the Clichy-sous-Bois tray, has not been incarcerated , but placed under judicial control according to the parquet’s requisitions. It is also forbidden for exercise until further notice.
The drama has become less than a minute, said the bobigny prosecutor, between 12:22 am and 12:23 am, a little earlier in the day, Jean-Paul Benjamin, whose criminal record was Supplied but no longer mentioned from him for three years, had “seized” on his own initiative the vehicle of a person who used him as a driver. “There was a dispute with the person for whom he worked, who refused to pay it, and he kept the van while waiting to be paid,” said his family’s lawyers. The owner had eager to report the facts and the vehicle, spotted by a crew of the Aulnay-sous-Bois bin, had been controlled on the public road. In a handful of seconds, Jean-Paul Benjamin was reached a projectile that crossed a portion of the left side of his body. Seriously injured, he died a few hours after admission to a hospital center. According to the elements highlighted by the autopsy, the only police fire is at the origin of the death.
The investigators of the General Inspectorate of the National Police (NPI) seek to establish the chronology of the facts but also, and above all, to determine the circumstances in which the brigadier made use of his weapon. Hospitalized for ninety-six hours due to a “shock state”, it ended up explaining, according to the record of the bobigny floor, “have placed at the level of the driver’s glass, Having lifted his weapon shouting “Police!” “, before attempting” to open the door that was locked “several times and without success. “Unbalanced” when checking the victim’s vehicle, he would have “fire for that reason”, having “felt in a state of self-defense”.
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