A driver who assaulted a blind man and his escort Sunday in Paris after denying them priority on a pedestrian crossing was placed in custody on Wednesday, police said.
A video widely relayed on the networks
Sunday, a blind person guiding with a white cane engages with a guide on a pedestrian crossing in the twelfth arrondissement, as shown in a video widely relayed on social networks. A big black sedan then brushes the two men, cutting them the priority.
The attendant gives a shot on the roof of the car that stops. The driver descends and physically and verbally assaults the attendant, slapping him. He also attacks the blind man. A witness tries to intervene as well as a lady who was in the car. When the witness announces that he is going to call the police, the man and the woman get back in their car and leave.
The Federation of the Blind and Amblyopes of France underlines the inadmissibility of this situation and invites the visually impaired person as well as his companion, to file a complaint right now so that this situation does not happen again and is condemned. pic.twitter.com/DQlIz2zY66
- AVEUGLES DE FRANCE (@Aveugles_France) June 17, 2019Violence on a vulnerable person
Concluded at the police station of the 12th district, the driver was placed in custody for "violence without ITT (total incapacity of work) on a vulnerable person" and "violence without ITT", according to the police source.
The Federation of blind and partially sighted France had denounced Monday in a tweet an aggression "inadmissible" and invited victims to file a complaint. On Tuesday, she confirmed that she will be a civil party and that she will follow this case "very closely".