The four police officers who are the subject of an investigation by the police after the images of beating of a music producer in Paris are summoned this Friday to be heard under the custody regime, he said. we learned from the Paris prosecutor's office.
In the case of Michel Zecler, this man beaten up in the entrance of a music studio in the 17th arrondissement of Paris last Saturday, four police officers were suspended and summoned this Friday to be heard under the custody regime .
They are expected in the premises of the IGPN, responsible for this investigation opened since Tuesday for "violence" and "forgery in public writing".
Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin asked for their dismissal.
These police officers were therefore not only violent without reason, they are also suspected of having lied.
Hence the prosecution for forgery in public writing.
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Because the report in which one of the police officers relates the intervention clearly does not correspond to what happened, at least to what we see on the video.
At no time does the policeman who wrote this report mention the many blows carried by him and his colleagues.
He barely mentions the blows of a telescopic baton on two occasions, which the individual "manages to grab", we can read.
What we do not see in the images.
A crime punishable by a court of assize
"Wrong in public writing" is a crime when it is committed by a police officer.
It is even punishable by an assize court.
On the other hand, in this report, mention is made of the tear gas grenade thrown into the hall by an unidentified police officer, who has been since.
A gesture which is not formally prohibited but very strongly discouraged in intervention.
This fourth policeman is also suspended, as a precaution.
If the video had not been shot and broadcast, Michel Zecler, would surely have been tried in immediate appearance for assault on the police.
He still spent 48 hours at the police station.
This means that his custody has been extended by a magistrate of the prosecution, since any extension of custody must be validated by a magistrate.
In this case, the prosecutor, who must introduce the suspect, physically or by videoconference.
48 hours without having been seen by a magistrate
In reality, in Paris, this is very rarely the case, given the number of daily police custody: there were around forty last Saturday.
But legally, whether or not the suspect is presented to the prosecutor, the extension of his custody must be "written and motivated", it is mandatory.
This often results in an exchange of faxes between the police station and the prosecution, on the basis of what the investigator indicates ... This is why he was in custody for 48 hours, without having been seen by a magistrate.