A police officer was indicted and placed under judicial supervision, suspected of having struck a scooter with a police car mounted by three teenagers, injured in the accident, on April 13 in Paris, then of having modified his version of the facts.
What we know about the scooter accident with a police car that injured three minors in Paris
At the end of his police custody which began on Thursday, he was indicted for violence with a weapon resulting in incapacity for work, as well as for forgery in public writing, all by a person holding public authority, indicated a judicial source on Friday April 21.
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The police officer was placed “under judicial supervision with prohibitions on exercising police activity, as well as on entering into contact with victims and witnesses”, she clarified. Two other members of the police crew, also heard since Thursday, have seen their custody lifted without prosecution at this stage, added the source.
Two versions of the facts
Shortly before midnight, in the 20th arrondissement of Paris, a scooter carrying three minors aged 17, 14 and 13, including one without a helmet, was chased by a police car before falling.
The police men “wanted to check” scooter but “the driver refused to stop” and has “took a street in the opposite direction before losing control (of his two-wheeler) in circumstances that remain to be established”the police headquarters (PP) explained on Tuesday.
But according to a 37-year-old woman, presenting herself as a witness to the facts, the police vehicle hit the two-wheeler. “I saw the scooter get up and especially the bodies ejected before falling on the sidewalk”she said Thursday during a press conference with the lawyer for the families of minors Me Arié Alimi.
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The 17-year-old driver was hospitalized in serious condition. Friday, his vital prognosis was no longer engaged, according to the prosecution. “She opened her eyes but she can’t speak at all”, told AFP his cousin and PCF adviser to the 20th arrondissement, Sadji Sakho. the teenager, “hit in the spine”a subi “three operations”according to him.
His 13-year-old brother, injured in the liver, was released from the hospital and, according to Mr. Sakho, was heard by the General Inspectorate of the National Police (IGPN), in charge of the investigation into the conditions in which the scooter fell. The second passenger, Hilan, 14, suffered a knee injury.
A second investigation was opened into the driver’s refusal to comply.
“Inappropriate gestures”
The Minister of the Interior announced on Franceinfo on Friday that he had asked the prefect to suspend “those who would be responsible (…) for this situation”. The police, who recognize “gestures that are not appropriate”, have modified their version, said Gérald Darmanin. And “testimonials here and there” seem to indicate “an intervention that does not comply with what the law and ethics allow”.
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“The police officers first mentioned a fall of the two-wheeled vehicle, without contact with the police vehicle”stressed the PP. “Returning to this first statement, they have since specified that there had been contact between the two vehicles, without it being established at this stage that this contact resulted from a voluntary or involuntary action”she reported.
According to PP, “as soon as these new elements are brought to the attention of the prefect of police, and in accordance with the instructions of the Minister of the Interior”the three officials were suspended.
“Families are relieved but regret the organization of the initial cover-up, the threats against witnesses and families”reacted Friday Me Alimi. “They will file a complaint against all the police officers of the police headquarters and their principals for forgery in public writing and obstructions to the manifestation of the truth”he announced.
According to the witness, a police officer ordered her to delete videos made after the shock and threatened her. The lawyer filed a first complaint after the accident for attempted murder by a person holding public authority, with a weapon by destination, on minors.
