Late Tuesday afternoon, an intervention by the municipal police of Saint-Denis (Seine-Saint-Denis) resulted in the suspension of an officer, who made inappropriate use of force. against an individual in violation. An administrative investigation is underway at the town hall of Saint-Denis, which published a press release this morning on 20 minutes after these facts.
A team of municipal police officers intervened on Tuesday at a street sales point. After several minutes of talking under whistles and insults, the officers proceeded to arrest the individual involved, who according to testimonies, made death threats against one of the municipal police officers.
The latter, while the individual was handcuffed, hit him, for no apparent reason. Quickly sidelined by his colleagues and his supervisor, the agent was immediately suspended from his duties. The Saint-Denis town hall also indicates that an investigation is underway and that it strongly condemns “any act of gratuitous violence”.