Tag: police violence
Long trial ahead for police commissioner
Five years after the controversial police operation during the Music Festival on the banks of the Loire in Nantes, police commissioner Grégoire Chassaing will be tried from June 10 to…
Three police officers sentenced to suspended prison sentences of 3 to 12 months
Almost seven years after the events, the court ruled. The Seine-Saint-Denis Assize Court on Friday sentenced the three police officers to suspended prison sentences of 3 to 12 months. The…
“I sympathize with your pain even if you hate me…” The regrets of the main accused
At the Assize Court of Seine-Saint-Denis, According to the accused, the trial would never have taken place if the victim had been more docile with the police. “Why did he…
“I am not a cripple, I am dead”… The young man recounts his “new life”
At the Assize Court of Seine-Saint-Denis, Since the events, his speaking engagements have become rare. It is an understatement to say that his hearing this Monday afternoon was eagerly awaited.…
Lützerath: “Greta Thunberg didn’t look to the right or to the left” – politics
A year ago, the police cleared the brown coal mining town of Lützerath, and violence escalated during a demonstration. Dirk Weinspach, then police chief, led the operation. What does the…
Judicial investigation opened after the death of a man during his arrest
The 30-year-old man received a dozen electric shock gun shocks from the police on January 5. He died shortly after his arrest by the police in Montfermeil, in Seine-Saint-Denis. This…
Who came to support the young man at the trial of the police officers who injured him?
One courtroom, two atmospheres at the trial of the Théo affair. On the first day of the trial of three police officers from Aulnay-sous-Bois (Seine-Saint-Denis) for “intentional violence” with aggravating…
“I am not a rapist”… One of the accused police officers believes he is also a “victim”
At the Assize Court of Seine-Saint-Denis, The courtroom is crowded. Many plainclothes police officers and trade unionists took their places in the audience. They came to support their three former…
When Eric Dupond-Moretti defended a victim of police violence
A pleasant surprise for the lawyer, a disappointment for his client. In July 2020, Éric Dupond-Moretti was appointed Keeper of the Seals. News that upsets Théodore Luhaka. Until now, the…
A symbol of police violence in court
The scene was captured by city surveillance cameras. It was not yet 5 p.m. on February 2, 2017, when a BST patrol from Aulnay-sous-Bois (Seine-Saint-Denis) decided to check several young…