Two members of the police who try to control a young man, before one of them picks him up and violently throws him to the ground, his head hitting the ground violently. These shocking images were filmed on Sunday by the Utopia 56 association, which accompanied unaccompanied minors being deported near the Pont Marie in Paris. After witnessing this scene, the association announced that it was going to take legal action, in this case the General Inspectorate of the National Police (IGPN). Contacted by 20 minutesthe Paris police headquarters announced that an administrative investigation had been launched “so that the police officers are identified and the circumstances of the facts established”.
“Sunday evening, after the summary expulsion of 200 isolated and homeless teenagers from a small stretch of sidewalk, these young people were chased through the streets by the BRAV-M. In this video, one of them is brutally knocked to the ground by a police officer. We are taking legal action,” the association wrote in a tweet, broadcasting these images:
No information is available on the condition of the young man in question, explains the association Utopia 56, which claims through its communications officer Nikolaï Posner to be “looking” for him.
Psychological violence
This expulsion by the police outraged the Utopia 56 association, which considers it “completely illegal”. “They have been there for weeks, it’s 2C° and they have nowhere to go,” the association tweeted on Sunday. We’re talking about kids who have just arrived in France without a parent and who were sleeping. » “The psychological violence inflicted on these young people is unbearable,” added the organization.
“What happened on Sunday is unheard of, an ordinary expulsion is anticipated, because usually we are supposed to offer accommodation solutions, there it was just cleaning up the public square, we are there “I didn’t expect it at all,” Nikolaï Posner commented this Tuesday to 20 minutes. Before adding: “We are made to believe in an immigration problem while the violence lies in persecution, the police act as the armed arm of the State on these questions. We have young people already in a situation of extreme distress who are also subject to violence from the State through its police. »
According to the association, at the origin of a solidarity emergency accommodation system, the minors separated into small groups, some now sleeping next to the BHV.