A preliminary investigation was opened in Nanterre (Hauts-de-Seine) after a report from the Paris police headquarters on the presence of people wrongly presented as police members of Brav-M in a program by Cyril Hanouna, a said the prosecution on Wednesday, requested by AFP.
Last Friday, these three men and this woman testified on the set of “TPMP” hooded, their voice modified and a police armband on their arm, presenting themselves for some as members of the Brigade for the Suppression of Motorized Violent Actions, accused of violence by demonstrators against the pension reform.
This motorcycle police unit is currently under fire from critics, accused of violence against demonstrators against the pension reform. The police headquarters issued a report to the courts, first to the Paris public prosecutor’s office, which relinquished responsibility for the benefit of that of Nanterre, which entrusted the investigations to the Brigade for the repression of delinquency against the person (BRDP ).
A “discredit” for the prefect of police
Guest of Cyril Hanouna’s program on C8 on Monday, Laurent Nuñez had indicated that he had taken legal action after the sequence, and that an “administrative investigation” was being carried out by the IGPN, the police force. According to the prefect of police, the presence of these four people “discredits” this unit.
As of Friday evening, he had assured that “the first elements in possession” of his services left “to think that these people do not belong to the Brav-M”. “When a civil servant who has been dismissed speaks on behalf of Brav-M, for me it is a problem”, added the prefect Nuñez, also denouncing the “non-respect of the duty of reserve” of the other civil servants.
According to concordant sources at AFP, none is a member of Brav-M. A man named Cédric, who presented himself as their spokesperson, was dismissed from the national police in December 2022.