New controversy in France: a man dies after being shocked with an electric pistol by the police

There were 18 officers who intervened in a grocery store in Montfermeil, shortly after midnight on Thursday, to arrest this man, who was in a “state of overexcitement” and “aggression”, according to the same source.

Born in Martinique on January 1, 1994, the man was hospitalized in Paris in a coma after his arrest.

An autopsy will be carried out on Monday.

According to a source close to the case, who reports the story of the police officers, a first team of the Anti-Crime Brigade (BAC) intervened after the greengrocer’s call at 5pm, complaining about the threats and aggressiveness of the man, who subsequently tested positive for alcohol virus. On site the police officers were attacked by the man, one of them was violently bitten on the finger and injured in the face. According to this story they then asked for reinforcements.

According to the accusation, six officers, of the 18 who intervened, used their electric pulse pistol (PIE, which projects prods connected to the weapon via wires). According to the first elements of the investigation, approximately 12 shots were fired, without producing any immediate effects.

According to the source close to the case, he suffered two cardio-respiratory arrests before being hospitalized in a coma.

According to the prosecution, a cardiac arrest was noted while the man was in the van of the firefighters who had treated him, after his arrest, in the night between Wednesday and Thursday.

The investigation into their intervention was entrusted to the IGPN (General Inspectorate of the National Police). The police officers have not yet been interviewed and the video surveillance is being examined.

A second investigation targeting the man into violence and death threats against public employees was entrusted to the Territorial Security of Seine-Saint-Denis.

2024-01-05 15:52:00
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