two municipal police officers in custody after refusing to comply

Monday evening, the driver of a scooter crashed into a pole in the northern districts of the city while the police were trying to control him.

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The driver of the scooter was hospitalized in Tours.  (Illustrative photo).  (ALEXANDRE MARCHI / MAXPPP)

Two municipal police officers are in police custody, France Bleu Berry reported on Wednesday April 17, two days after a 22-year-old young man was seriously injured during a refusal to comply in Bourges (Cher). He is hospitalized in Tours between life and death, after crashing his scooter into a pole in the northern districts of the city on Monday evening.

According to initial information, two young men were riding on the damaged scooter. It had no license plate and both the driver and the passenger were not wearing helmets, according to the authorities, which led to a check by municipal police. The young man refused to stop. The investigation is continuing, in order to determine the exact circumstances of the accident, and in particular the use or not of tear gas by municipal police officers. On Wednesday, a CRS company arrived as reinforcements in the northern districts of Bourges.


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