Two municipal police officers indicted after a refusal to comply which went wrong in Bourges

Two municipal police officers from Bourges (Cher) were indicted for intentional violence on Thursday April 18, after a refusal to comply which went wrong, announced the public prosecutor of Bourges, reports France Bleu Berry. They were taken into custody on Wednesday, two days after a 22-year-old young man was seriously injured when he refused to comply in Bourges.

The municipal police officer, a passenger in the car that day, was indicted for violence by a person holding public authority followed by mutilation or permanent infirmity and intentional violence aggravated by three circumstances. The driver of the car is indicted for complicity in violence by a person holding public authority followed by mutilation or permanent disability and intentional violence aggravated by three circumstances.

Vital prognosis still engaged

Last Tuesday, the two police officers wanted to check two young people aged 20 and 22, without helmets on a scooter without a license plate. The young people refused to stop, so the police used their tear gas canister. While fleeing, the driver lost control of the scooter, hitting an electrical pole. Both men were hospitalized. The 22-year-old driver’s vital prognosis is still in jeopardy. According to the prosecutor: “The toxicological analyzes of the scooter driver highlight the presence of a level of 1.62 grams of alcohol per liter in the blood as well as driving under the influence of drugs.”