The French police officers have been placed in custody.
The Paris prosecutor’s
office has charged French police officers involved in assaulting a black
musical producer in Paris earlier this month with intentional violence,
according to a Le Parisien newspaper report on Monday.
The report said the
officers have been placed in custody.
On November 21, Michel
Zecler, a black musical producer, was walking in the 17th district of the
French capital without a mask, violating the state-backed health protocol.
The man saw a police
car and went into his studio to avoid a fine, but was followed by law
enforcement officers, who then physically abused him.
The French Loopsider
news outlet published a video from a security camera showing the beating.
According to the
newspaper, two of the four policemen taking part in the incident were taken
into custody, and the others were placed under judicial control.
Three officers who
were captured by a security camera footage were charged with “intentional
violence by a person holding state power” and “forgery in public writing,” in
line with the prosecutors’ request.
The fourth policeman
was charged with “intentional damage to health” for throwing a tear gas grenade
in the producer’s studio, which he claimed he did out of ignorance of the
situation in a bid to assist the detention operation.
French President
Emmanuel Macron has called the incident a “disgrace for France” after he saw
the images of the beating.
The incident was
followed by a series of rallies across France on Saturday against the new
legislation criminalising the display of images of police troops, which turned
into violent unrest. (Sputnik/NAN)
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