A call for a rally was broadcast Wednesday evening on social networks to demonstrate against the beatings inflicted on a young person the day before by police officers.
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Two people are in police custody after being arrested in possession of fireworks mortars during clashes in Vénissieux (Rhône) on Wednesday evening, franceinfo learned from a police source on Thursday June 6. A call for a rally was broadcast Wednesday evening on social networks to demonstrate on rue Croizat in this city.
The call was launched to denounce police violence, while a 19-year-old young man was hospitalized for a broken tibia, after receiving blows on Tuesday evening from several police officers, according to videos broadcast on the networks social organizations show this. Wednesday evening around 8 p.m., several garbage containers were set on fire in order to form a barrier between two streets. Calm returned shortly after 11 p.m.
An investigation into “intentional violence by a person holding public authority” has been opened by the Lyon public prosecutor’s office to shed light on the beatings the 19-year-old young man received on Tuesday evening. Witnesses – relatives of the young man – contacted by franceinfo, say that the young man, who was working in a tobacco shop on Tuesday, saw the police outside facing several young people from the neighborhood. Then these witnesses say that the police threw tear gas, which entered the tobacco shop.
Then, say the young man’s relatives, the latter told the police to let them work quietly. According to this first version of the facts, one of the police officers then insulted him and entered the tobacco shop. Then the young man was then beaten outside by the police, as shown in the videos. The young man’s family has expressed their wish to file a complaint.
The version of the young man’s relatives is completely contradicted by the authorities, who indicate that police officers were patrolling near a deal point, Tuesday around 7 p.m., at Boulevard Ambroize Croizat in Vénissieux, when they were attacked. by around fifteen individuals. The 19-year-old young man is suspected of having insulted a police officer and of having kicked a police officer who came to assist an officer on the ground.
