Nanterre: a minor of 17 killed at close range during a police check

On Tuesday 27 June 2023, a 17-year-old boy was killed at close range by a police officer in Nanterre after he refused to comply.

A video challenges the police version

The facts date back to 8:15, when the police ordered the vehicle the boy was driving to be stopped for inspection.

According to the police version, the driver ran over them, and they defended themselves by shooting. A version widely denied by the images currently circulating on social networks, taken by a witness of the scene.

” The death (of the victim), aged 17 and known to the justice services, in particular for refusing to comply, was registered at 9:15 am, following at least one gunshot wound “, Nanterre parquet specified to our colleagues at the Parisianaccording to which there was ” three people inside the Mercedes AMG, “according to the first elements of the investigation”. A rear passenger, “also a minor”, was arrested and taken into custody. The third passenger managed to escape “.

The mayor of Nanterre, Patrick Jarry, summoned the prosecutor to react quickly, saying to himself ” Inverted ” AND ” shocked » :

I hope that the investigations launched by the courts and by the General Inspectorate of the State Police shed light as soon as possible on the exact circumstances of this tragedy. To contribute to this, the Municipality of Nanterre made available to the forces of order, in the morning, the images taken by the CCTV cameras located in the sector in which the events took place.

Press release from Patrick Jarry

As remembered The Parisian, in 2022, 13 people died after refusing to comply during roadside checks. And in these cases only five police officers were charged. A sad record that illustrates the taboo reality of police violence a little more every day.

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