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The police officer whose shooting caused the death of a motorist, Saturday March 26, in Sevran, was indicted for “willful violence resulting in death without intention to give it”. A white march from the city of Gros-Saule, in Aulnay-sous-Bois, was organized on the morning of Saturday April 2.
A few dozen people gathered on the morning of Saturday April 2, at the foot of a building in Aulnay-sous-Bois (Seine-Saint-Denis). They gathered in homage to the one they call “JP”. This 33-year-old self-employed delivery driver died a week ago after a police shooting while driving a reported stolen van. “He was more of a calm person, I often saw him with his children. He didn’t hurt anyone”says a woman.
The BAC police officer who fired the shot was indicted for “willful violence resulting in death without intention to give it”, and placed under judicial control. The drama took place on Saturday March 26, near the Beaudottes station, in Sevran (Seine-Saint-Denis). The investigation must determine under what conditions the official opened fire. “He claimed, overall, to have felt in a state of self-defense of himself and of the other pedestrians or users present on the scene”said Éric Mathais, public prosecutor of Bobigny (Seine-Saint-Denis), Friday, April 1.