Pursued for theft and subtraction of goods by person depository of the public authority, he resigned from the police.
by Pascale Robert-Diard
Mamadou S. is homeless, undocumented, seller on the farmer in the Goutte-d’Or district, in Paris. He is used to fleeing the police than soliciting them. However, in this month of May 2022, he spontaneously appeared at the police station of 18 e arrondissement. The same morning, he explains, he was controlled by colleagues to them. One of the police officers who searched him stole the 50 euros he had on him, he says. Of man, he gives a precise physical description. Verification made, a crew circulated well that morning in the neighborhood.
a Mamadou S., we subject a photo album. Without hesitation, he points his finger on one of the faces presented to him. At the police station, we take the deposition of the seller very seriously. The designated person, Kevin F., is a young recruit. It has been less than a year since he entered the police; Before, he was a soldier. This is not the first time that its leaders have had doubts about it. Immediately taken apart by his hierarchical superior, Kevin F. confesses. Five tickets of 10 euros, that is all the fortune of Mamadou S., are found in his pockets.
Mamadou S. did not come to the hearing held on Tuesday, February 14, before the Paris Criminal Court. No more than Adel H., Kader A. or Amine F., all sellers on the life like him, nor Hervé M., whose names are registered on the list of civil parties. Kevin F. twists his hands at the helm. Pursued for theft and subtraction of goods by person depository of the public authority, he resigned from the police and now works as a logistician in a large area.
“I was fed up with this VA-and -Row “
Of the six facts alleged against him, he recognizes four. That of Adel, arrested in March 2022 for the sale of narcotics, and which had to deposit the 100 euros he had during his excavation. When he had left free from the police station and asked to recover his belongings, the 100 euros had disappeared. Same for the 500 euros deposited by two other trainers. Hervé M., arrested for driving without a license, had the unpleasant surprise to discover that of the 820 euros contained in his wallet when he arrived in the police premises, only 480. He had vigorously protested and, Miraculously, the missing 340 euros had reappeared. Each time, Kevin F. was in charge of the excavation.
In front of the court asking him to explain, Kevin F. is struggling.
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