“The Paris police prefect filed a civil action in support of the assaulted firefighter” during the demonstration of May 1 last Sunday in Paris, indicates the police headquarters Wednesday on Twitter, a few hours before the trial of the suspect.
This woman will be tried for “violence against a person charged with a public service mission”, “contempt”, “rebellion”, “participation in a group with a view to committing violence”, “degradation during a demonstration” and ” hindering the arrival of relief intended to combat a disaster dangerous to people”.
The prefect of police filed a civil action in support of the firefighter attacked this Sunday during the demonstration of the #May1st.
He is alongside the General and the Brigade of @Paris firefightersunit of excellence of the @prefpolice.#InternationalFirefightersDay pic.twitter.com/xcdVH6gYvz— Prefecture of Police (@prefpolice) May 4, 2022
The suspect, a 38-year-old volunteer street medic, was filmed trying to prevent a firefighter from putting out a pallet fire in the 11th arrondissement. She first tries to seize his spear then, unable to do so, strikes him several times.
According to information from franceinfo, this woman is a regular in processions of “yellow vests”. Calls to demonstrate in favor of the movement, launched a few weeks ago, are published on his Facebook account. She also claims freedom convoys, created by truck drivers in Canada to express their opposition to health measures. She also presents herself as an activist against the health pass.
His lawyers announced Wednesday by press release that they were going to file a complaint for violation of the secrecy of the instruction. They denounce the publication of elements of their client’s personality in the media.
“It is inadmissible that the Paris prosecutor’s office could, in violation of the secrecy of the investigation, communicate to the press the identity of our client as well as the elements of the search.”
Me Alice Becker and Me Ainohan Pascualcommunicated
“We also deplore the media treatment of this case”they continue, recalling that “During this May Day protest, a woman was violently beaten during a police charge and left lying in the roadway with a major head wound and traumatic brain injury. This scene from a rare violence (…) received absolutely no media coverage”. The lawyers also regret that the prosecution decided to have the defendant tried in an immediate appearance on Wednesday, without having first collected their observations, as the code of criminal procedure provides for.