Death of Nahel: the policeman who shot the shot asked “forgiveness to the family”

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2023-06-30 00:51:13

The policeman who shot the young Nahel on Tuesday during a traffic check in Nanterre (Hauts-de-Seine) apologized to his family while in police custody, his lawyer, Me Laurent, reported on Thursday. – Franck Liénard, on BFMTV. “The first words he spoke were to say sorry and the last words he spoke were to say sorry to the family,” said Me Liénard.

“My client was extremely shocked by the violence of this video (…) which he saw for the first time while in police custody”, also assured the council, in reference to the images showing him firing the shot. which caused the death of the young man of 17 years. “He’s devastated, he doesn’t get up in the morning to kill people. He didn’t want to kill,” he added.

“This decision, we will challenge it and fight it”

“I have just had a terrible and historic day. In 31 years of career defending cases of the use of weapons, I have never had a client who goes to detention after his presentation before a judge, also wrote on his Facebook page Laurent-Franck Liénard. This evening my client went to prison for having applied a shot that he thought necessary, with the weapon given to him by the State to ensure his safety and that of the citizens.

VIDEO. Nahel, killed by a policeman during a traffic check

This decision, we will challenge and fight it, by all legal means”. In the evening, he announced on BFMTV that he would appeal the detention of his client this Friday.

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