The French judiciary wins over an Egyptian worker

The French judiciary issued a ruling to imprison 6 police officers for a period of up to 6 months after convicting them of violence and directing racist insults to an Egyptian citizen during his arrest in April 2020.

A policeman was handed a six-month suspended prison sentence by the Bobigny court in the Paris region, who had said "a goat like this doesn't swim", referring to the young man he had just arrested after throwing himself in the Seine.

4 of his colleagues were sentenced to 12 months in prison, including 6 suspended, and a 12-month ban from practicing the profession.

A decision was also issued stipulating a 12-month suspended prison sentence for a policewoman on charges of “failing to prevent violence.”

These sentences are more severe than required, and the Public Prosecutor did not support the charge of violence, but only insults, and demanded a single punishment.

After the verdict was issued, the victim, Samir El-Gendy, said, "I am happy...justice has been served."

Police in the Paris region had arrested a 29-year-old Egyptian citizen suspected of stealing equipment from a construction site, and who, according to police, tried to escape by throwing himself into the Seine.

After he was arrested, as soon as he got out of the river, a police officer said, "Little goats like that, don't swim," according to a video clip taken by a resident and posted on social networks.

In the clip, a person was also heard laughing as he said: "He is drowning, a ball should have been hung on his foot."

The Egyptian worker recounted that as soon as he reached the West Bank, “they all beat me,” and the violence continued “in the pickup truck” and “along the road leading to the police station.”

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