a police officer in police custody in a new case of violence on the sidelines of the July riots – Liberation

As part of a preliminary investigation for violence in a meeting with a weapon by a person holding public authority, an official was placed in police custody this Tuesday, August 29 in the morning. During the same evening of July 1, Mohamed Bendriss was killed by Raid fire and Hedi R. was beaten up by agents.

Once again, the Marseille police are blamed for aggravated violence during the riots at the start of the summer. According to our information, an official was placed in police custody this Tuesday, August 29 in the morning, as part of a preliminary investigation into violence resulting in an ITT lasting more than eight days, committed in a meeting, with a weapon, by a person holding public authority. The investigation entrusted to the General Inspectorate of the National Police (IGPN) also targets acts of abuse of authority, threats and intimidation of a victim. The facts took place on the evening of July 1, in the Plaine district, in the heart of Marseille. The injuries of the young man victim had required the intervention of the firefighters. This is the fourth judicial investigation targeting the action of the national police in this city during the riots following the death of Nahel M.

Release was able to consult a “ambience report” of this Marseille night. This document, written by a police officer, summarizes the interventions of the police, with a view to nourishing possible legal proceedings against those arrested. He mentions, at 10:36 p.m., “degradations [au] tobacco rue Saint-Savournin / The plain». Less than ten minutes later, “three arrests” take place at this location. And it is noted, still in this report, at 10:45 p.m.: «TX 750 [indicatif radio d’un commandant divisionnaire] did the housework