The director general of the national police wanted the release of a Marseille BAC policeman imprisoned as part of an investigation into police violence committed on the sidelines of the riots in early July.
The two main unions of magistrates judged “very serious”, Monday, July 24, the words of the boss of the national police according to whom “before a possible trial, a policeman has no place in prison”. In an interview at ParisianFrédéric Veaux expressed his wish that a policeman from the BAC de Marseille imprisoned as part of an investigation into police violence committed on the sidelines of the riots in early July be released.
“The Director General of the National Police, under the supervision of the Minister of the Interior, puts pressure on the judicial authority in an individual case. (…) The President of the Republic must react”for example, wrote the Syndicate of the Judiciary on Twitter.
“There is a fundamental principle in a democracy: the law is the same for all. Police officers who commit offenses in the exercise of their functions are liable to criminal sanctions”like the other litigants, also underlined the president of the Syndicate of the magistrature, Kim Reuflet, with AFP.
The words of the boss of the national police are “scandalous” And “extremely serious in a state of law”also reacted Cécile Mamelin, vice-president of the Union of magistrates. “It’s sterile and dangerous. We are waiting for a reaction at the highest level of the State to set the record straight”she told AFP.
“Pretrial detention meets specific, legal criteria”, recalled Cécile Mamelin. Like the indictment, “it is a court decision which in no way prejudges guilt and which can be appealed”she added.
For his part, the president of the Marseilles judicial court, Olivier Leurent, recalled in a statement on Monday that “the independence of justice is a constitutional principle”. He also returned to the procedure, which followed a classic course and awaits the examination of an appeal in progress. “It is everyone’s responsibility to guarantee the serenity of the course of justice”, urged Olivier Leurent.