The Police Inspectorate General (IGPN), the police of the police, has been seized of 313 judicial investigations "for suspicions of police violence" during demonstrations of "yellow vests", said Thursday the Secretary of State for the Interior Laurent Nuñez.
"Not yet" pursuit
Of all these investigations, "a little more than half were sent to the prosecution for appraisal", he said on LCI , stating that there was "not yet" lawsuits against police.
At the end of May, Paris prosecutor Rémy Heitz had assured police officers accused of violence during demonstrations of "yellow vests" would be returned to the Criminal Court "by the end of the year." The management of law enforcement, in particular the use of the defensive bullet-launcher (LBD), an intermediate force weapon accused of about 20 eborgnements, was the subject of strong criticism from protesters, lawyers, political parties and defenders of civil liberties.
According to the "yellow vests", 23 people were blinded since the beginning of the movement on November 17, five lost their hand, one was amputated a testicle, one lost the sense of smell and a "dozen" of protesters have had other serious injuries - jaw, foot ... According to the figures of the Ministry of the Interior arrested in mid-May, 2,448 wounded were identified side demonstrators and 1,797 among the police, without more details on the severity of the injuries.