French Police Chief Refuses to Suspend Cop After Controversial Arrest

**kellyhound** · #1 ● 09-15-2019, 11:23 AM

The interpellation video triggered the controversy in social networks. According to BFMTV, the police officer is reinstated.

The images sparked controversy in social networks. A police officer was filmed during a person's arrest on Wednesday, September 11, in Sevran (Seine-Saint-Denis).

In the video, we first see an oral exchange between the individual and the police officer before he tries to flatten him on the floor. The police prefecture stated that the facts occurred on Wednesday, September 11, just before 6:30 pm, " when a crew from the security district near Aulnay-sous-Bois went to interpellation to despise them. of an individual ".

Repulsed, the policeman starts again and gives him several blows, whereby the person also reacts with blows. Another policeman then uses an electric impulse gun to arrest the person. According to the public prosecutor's office cited by RTL, his custody was canceled on Wednesday night for medical reasons and he was hospitalized.

The Director-General of the National Police has decided not to suspend the police who is affected in the video, he is being reinstated. According to the news channel, the police officer was injured in these events and is on sick leave.

"The suspension can no longer be notified from the moment of arrest [directeur général de la police nationale, ndlr] would not wish it better ," said Fabien Vanhemelryck, Deputy General Secretary of the Alliance National Police Union, to BFMTV.

The police department had requested the suspension " immediately " of the police officer, " to ascertain the exact circumstances of this interpellation ". Elements were also forwarded to the Procuratorate of Bobigny " for recognition ". The Prefect of the Police, Didier Lallement, had also asked for the administrative seizure of the General Inspectorate of the National Police (IGPN)

The sanctions against this policeman were sharply criticized by the unions, who considered " unjustified ." On Thursday evening, a rally took place in front of the police station of Aulnay-sous-Bois, according to RTL Regional Secretary Alliance 93 the police officer " did his job, he tried to arrest a person, and was indignant ". "

This is again a scandalous decision and shows the lack of administrative support for their officials his side assured Unite SGP Police 93. For the Alliance union, it's an incomprehensible decision which adds that " before the exact facts are known, the administration responded to pressure from Twitter . "

gimlet · #2 ● 09-15-2019, 01:06 PM

Been decades since I wrassled in school, but I think the black perp gets points for an escape at the beginning. Perp might have landed a better shot to the head also.