PARIS - French police on Tuesday killed a teenager who attempted to flee a traffic check outside Paris, prompting shock and questions over the readiness of security forces to resort to violence. The 17-year-old was driving in a rental car in the western Paris suburb of...
Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin told parliament the two police officers were being questioned and acknowledged that the images posted on social media were “extremely shocking”.Paris police chief Laurent Nunez admitted in an interview with BFM television that the action of the policeman “raises questions”, though he said it was possible the officer felt threatened.
The family’s lawyer, Mr Yassine Bouzrou, told the same channel that while all parties needed to wait for the result of the investigation, the images “clearly showed a policeman killing a young man in cold blood”. “This is a long way from any kind of legitimate defence” he said, adding the family had filed a complaint accusing the police of “lying” by initially claiming the car had tried to run down the officers.
Later on Tuesday evening, protesters in Nanterre lit fires, set a car alight, and destroyed bus stops as tensions soared between police and locals.
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