Illustration of a policeman. – NICOLAS MESSYASZ / SIPA
- A video, relayed on social networks, shows a man uttering racist insults against a resident of Cergy Pontoise.
- According to this local resident, the man would also have uttered racist insults towards a delivery man.
- A puddle of blood is visible next to the delivery man in the video.
An investigation was opened on Monday after the broadcast of videos showing a man uttering racist insults. The images, filmed on Sunday by a local resident in Cergy Pontoise (Val d’Oise), show a man in front of a restaurant verbally attacking the woman who films him. This explains that the man would have also uttered racist insults towards a delivery man. A puddle of blood is also visible next to it.
Val d’Oise police announced this Monday having “opened an own-initiative investigation to identify the perpetrator and establish the facts. “A violent dispute possibly linked to a noise emanating from the restaurant would be at the origin of these facts, indicates the national police to 20 minutes.
The delivery man filed a complaint
In response to comments received after the video was released, the restaurant explained that the suspect does not work at home. The manager has explained at Parisian that it would be a man who wanted to dine at a restaurant. “There are four people who passed around 10:30 pm and wanted to eat, he detailed daily. As we close at 9 p.m., we refused them. Then it went in peanuts and they typed an UberEats delivery guy who was waiting. “
The suspect is being identified. The delivery man, for his part, lodged a complaint for violence, threats and racist insults. The woman who filmed said she was “shocked” and indicated on social networks that she had gone to file a complaint on Monday. Two weeks ago, a delivery man in Mayenne had already been the victim of a racist insult. The man had lodged a complaint with the Laval police station.
The Licra made a report to the prosecutor
Relayed on social networks, the images aroused indignation. Violent content was reported to the Pharos and Licra platform has done a report to the public prosecutor. SOS Racism
specified provide support to the victim.
Marlène Schiappa, Minister Delegate in charge of Citizenship and LREM candidate in the regional elections, added that she asked “that we study the possibility of an article 40 to report the facts to the Public Prosecutor”. With this article 40, any civil servant or public officer who “in the exercise of his functions, acquires knowledge of a crime or an offense” must inform the public prosecutor “without delay”.