2023-08-08 23:00:00
On August 4, police were concerned in France-Eveningof keeping order in Marseilles, during the July riots.
“It was a big mess”we were told. “Even the RAID and the BRI were requested, whereas they are not specialized for this kind of operations”. The police were alarmed that rumors predicted the arrest of RAID police officers.
It’s done. This Tuesday, August 8, five RAID police officers were taken into custody as part of an investigation into the death of a 27-year-old young man, Mohamed B., which occurred on the night of July 1 to 2. About twenty police officers are summoned to be questioned as witnesses.
Two of the Raid police officers in custody have just been released
A trace of what could be an LBD impact had been found on the victim’s chest during the autopsy, and a judicial investigation had been opened on July 4 for “fatal blows with the use of a weapon”. The medical examiner had concluded that the shock on the chest had probably caused a heart attack and the death of the young man.
In our article of August 4, the police pointed out the responsibility of the hierarchies, explained the orders given, and questioned the choice of weapons put in the hands of the police to frame the movements of popular discontent.
In another article, published on May 24, a CRS denounced to France-Evening the massive call of police officers not trained in the supervision of demonstrations for missions of maintaining order. “Someone who is not made for a specialty does not have to intervene”, noted the official.
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