The passenger of a car was killed on June 4, 2022 in Paris after a refusal to comply.
The death of Nahel on June 27 during a police check has brought to light a precedent that occurred a year ago. On Saturday June 4, 2022 at the end of the morning, Rayana, a passenger in a car, was killed after refusing to comply during a police check in the 18th arrondissement of Paris. A police officer was indicted on June 6, 2023 for intentional violence with a weapon by a person holding public authority which resulted in death without intention to give it, franceinfo learned on Friday from a judicial source. This policeman was also indicted for intentional violence with a weapon with regard to the injuries caused to the driver. He was left free, says this source.
The driver of the vehicle had refused to comply twice during a check of his vehicle by police on mountain bikes, who had fired nine times, injuring the driver and killing the 21-year-old passenger. “It emerges from the ballistic expertise carried out that the shots from a single weapon resulted in the death of the front passenger and the injury to the driver’s chest”the judicial source told franceinfo.
Two other police officers placed under assisted witness status
“The two other police officers, whose shots did not hit anyone, were placed under the status of assisted witness”. After the tragedy, these three police officers had been placed in police custody for forty-eight hours at the General Inspectorate of the National Police (IGPN) before being released, for “further investigation”.
The investigations also revealed that the driver “did not hold a license, was drunk and was driving at excessive speed with maneuvers between the main lane and the bus lane”, at a rush hour, reported the judicial source to franceinfo. Seriously injured, the man had been put in examination at the hospital for in particular “attempted intentional homicide on a person holding public authority”. “He is still incarcerated and his state of health has improved a little”according to his lawyer, Ibrahim Shalabi, who declined to comment on the questioning of the policeman.
The two rear passengers, in a state of shock, were not injured. “We had to wait a year for the first indictment. The judicial treatment reserved for police officers is not the same as that reserved for ordinary citizens and, obviously, this reinforces mistrust and distances us from peace. “reacted Marie Violleau, lawyer for a rear passenger.