A 19-year-old woman lodged a complaint against the police on Tuesday for "attempted murder" and "willful violence", after being seriously injured on 8 December in Marseille, on the sidelines of a demonstration of "yellow vests". we learned from his lawyer.
Initially hit by a thief by a defensive balloon launcher (LBD), Maria, who fell to the ground, was allegedly violently beaten and kicked by several plainclothes police officers, according to her complaint, revealed by Mediapart. Hence the complaint against "unnamed people but identified as exercising the police function," told AFP his lawyer, Brice Grazzini. This complaint also applies to the police for "non-assistance to person in danger" and "non-obstacle to the commission of an offense".
The IGPN, police police, has been informed of these facts since December 19, also confirmed Mr. Grazzini, regretting that his client has still not auditioned.
The young woman claims not to have participated in the demonstration
The young woman was assaulted by the police around 18:30, shortly after leaving the shop where she worked as a saleswoman. If she claims not to have joined the demonstration of "yellow vests" and activists for the climate and against poor housing dispersing, she concedes to have "stupidly fart firecrackers on the ground", she had bought "to use them one night of football match": "But the police charge had to arrive at least 15 minutes later," she explains to Mediapart.
Maria, who was always medically supervised by a psychiatrist, was unable to return to work until April, more than four months after the incident.
42 people arrested that day
Saturday, December 8 was the most tense in Marseille since the beginning of the movement of "yellow vests" on November 17. Several demonstrations took place that day: in addition to the "yellow vests", which were about 2,000, a march of activists against climate change and unhealthy housing had gathered some 10,000 people. Clashes erupted between some demonstrators and the police at the end of the day: a bank branch and the OM shop on the Canebière had been looted and 42 people had been arrested.