The families of three teenagers, injured while riding a scooter in Paris and being pursued by the police, have filed a complaint for attempted murder by a person holding public authority. A 17-year-old girl is still between life and death.
On a video, three teenagers are at the feet of the police. Among them, a seriously injured young girl. They have just been ejected from their scooter. An accident, according to the police. According to the family, the three teenagers were returning from the mosque on a single self-service scooter, as there were no more buses. 150 m from their home, they are chased by the police. Méline, a delivery girl who was just behind, claims that the police deliberately knocked the teenagers down with a “steering wheel”. A version corroborated by an anonymous witness.
The changing version of the police
family lawyer, Arie A scientistsuspects the police of having tried to conceal the real conditions of the accident. “D’first, we asked the families not to talk to theIGPN. (…) Then a witness was asked to delete the videos she had“, he explains. Interviewed on the morning of April 21, Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin acknowledged that the version of the facts of the police officers evolved and “they should be suspended.“An investigation has been entrusted to theIGPN. Since the morning of April 21, the three police officers have been in custody.
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