The 24 -year -old young man, who was already suffering from several fractures following an accident, filed a complaint against a police officer from the 19ᵉ arrondissement. He accuses him of having violently struck him, without any reason, on July 13. The IGPN was seized by the prosecution and the prefecture launched an administrative inquiry.
Le Monde with AFP
The complainant suffers from a jaw fracture, according to mediapart . The Paris prosecutor’s office said, Monday, July 26, has opened an investigation on July 16 after the complaint of a young man who accuses a policeman of having struck him for no reason, despite his apparent injuries, thus confirming information of our colleagues.
The investigation was opened for violence with a weapon by person depository of the public authority which led to an incapacity for work (ITT) less than or equal to eight days, said the prosecution.
The investigations were entrusted to the General Inspectorate of the National Police (IGPN). The prefecture of police also indicated that it has launched an administrative inquiry concerning this civil servant.
a seven -day ITT
The facts, reported by the 24-year-old young man with Mediapart, took place on the evening of July 13 in the 19 e district of Paris.
Wearing a Minerva and the left arm in a scarf after a car accident that occurred several weeks earlier, the complainant, whom Mediapart appoints Sofiane to preserve his identity, says he joined a group of friends at the bottom of the home of his mother.
The atmosphere is festive on this national holiday, and young people throw firecrackers in the street. Without reason, according to the young man, police officers turn the group “with their flash-ball” and one of them launches a grenade of tear gas. Having received the order not to move, Sofiane and her friends sit on a bench.
But a few minutes later, other police officers load the small group. While Sofiane shouts at the police to stop because he is injured, an official insults him and strikes him with his baton in the face and on his injured shoulder, according to the young man.
brought to the emergency room by relatives, he suffers in particular from a fracture of the jaw and an open lip, adds the online media.
The young man, who deplores that he and his friends were “catched free of charge “, was auditioned on July 18. “My client has an impeccable profile, his criminal record is a virgin and he is unknown to the police,” said his lawyer, M e avi Bitton. “The witnesses of the facts, some of which were heard by the IGPN, attest that Sofiane had no words or gesture of provocation towards the policeman,” adds Me Bitton, who is surprised at “the slowness with which the ‘IGPN wanted to examine Sofiane “.
summoned to the medico-judicial unit initially on August 3, three weeks after the facts, the young man was finally examined on Saturday July 23. A seven -day itt was issued to him, said his lawyer.