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November 30, 2020The four police officers implicated in the Paris beating of black music producer Michel Zecler were indicted this night and two of them were jailed, judicial sources said.
Three of them in particular are accused of "intentional violence by a person depositary of the public authority (PDAP)" and "forgery in public writing", in accordance with the demands of the Paris Public Prosecutor's Office made yesterday by the public prosecutor Rémy Heitz.
A video broadcast by the Loopsider website showed how Zecler was repeatedly beaten by three agents for several minutes and subjected to racial abuse while trying to break into his music studio earlier this month. The fourth agent, suspected of having thrown a tear gas grenade in the basement of the building where the attack took place, was accused of "intentional violence" by PDAP. The police lawyers have currently declined to comment on the magistrate's decision today.