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Steve’s death: time for judgement for the commissioner
Five years ago, in Nantes (Loire-Atlantique), Steve Maia Caniço drowned in the Loire after a police intervention during the Fête de la Musique. The commissioner will know on the afternoon of Friday, September 20, whether or not he is found guilty of involuntary manslaughter.
Was Steve’s death directly linked to the police action that night? Five years ago, the young man fell into the Loire, in Nantes, during the Fête de la Musique, while the police were conducting an operation led by Commissioner Chassaing. Three people were indicted: the prefect and the sub-prefect of Loire-Atlantique were ultimately dismissed. But Commissioner Grégoire Chassaing is being prosecuted for involuntary manslaughter.
His lawyer pleaded self-defense. “There was tear gas fired in response to an attack. So, today we have a commissioner who is being blamed for shots fired by some of his men under his authority, without him having anything to do with it.“, defends Me Louis Caillez. For their part, the civil parties are irritated by this line of defense.