The Minister of the Interior was the guest of “8:30 am franceinfo”, this Friday.
“It is obvious that they must be suspended”, said Gérald Darmanin. What exactly happened on Thursday, April 13 in a street in the 20th arrondissement of Paris? Parisian police are suspected of having knocked down, during a chase, three teenagers on a scooter. The 17-year-old driver is in critical condition. The families of the wounded and the witnesses denounce “an assassination attempt” and speak of a “swerve to bring down young people“. According to the explanation of the police headquarters, the police wanted to control the scooter, the driver did not stop, took a street in the opposite direction before losing control of the two-wheeler.
>> “They are children, not delinquents!” : families and witnesses question the attitude of the police after a scooter accident in Paris
Guest of franceinfo, Friday April 21, Gérald Darmanin, the Minister of the Interior, indicated that he will ask for the suspension of the police officers involved. During 8:30 a.m. franceinfo, he clarified that “there was obviously, and the judicial inquiry will show, a refusal to comply and, from what I understand, an intervention by the police which is not in accordance with the law and what ethics allows. I therefore requested an investigation from the IGPN, and there is also a judicial seizure, and I asked the prefect of police to suspend those who would be responsible, in particular a driver and other police officers, for this situation. .“According to information from franceinfo, the three police officers were taken into custody on Thursday morning and the prefect of police Laurent Nuñez signed their request for suspension. These suspensions are therefore effective.
Before adding:I understand that the testimony of police officers in the early days is not that of today and that they recognize actions that are not appropriate. It is obvious that they must be suspended. No refusal to comply justifies the police obviously exceeding the law and ethics.e”, said Gérald Darmanin.
“Of course I have a thought for one of the young girls who was on this scooter and who is between life and death.t”, declares Gérald Darmanin deploring a behavior “unacceptable“police if it is proven.
The families of the three injured minors, aged 17, 14 and 13, one of whom was not wearing a helmet, filed a complaint for attempted murder by a person in charge of public authority, with a weapon by destination, on minors. The driver, a 17-year-old girl, was hospitalized and her vital prognosis was still engaged on Thursday. His 13-year-old brother was injured in the liver and another passenger, aged 14, was hit in the knee, the lawyer for the two families, Arié Alimi, told a press conference.