Maximilien Carlier (in Lille), edited by Solène Leroux 7:42 p.m., May 02, 2022

The police called for mobilization on Monday in around forty cities, including Lille, at the call of the Alliance and Unsa unions.

They denounce the indictment for "voluntary homicide" of one of their colleague who opened fire last Sunday.

In the heart of Paris, on the Pont-Neuf, this 24-year-old peacekeeper killed two men who allegedly forced a check.

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“Guilty of being a cop”, can we read on signs carried by angry police officers, in front of the Lille courthouse, Monday afternoon.

“We wonder if being a cop now is not an aggravating circumstance,” explains one of them.

"It's the only job where even in the grave, you're still considered THE cop."

About forty members of the police were gathered, speeches and a Marseillaise were chained.

All came to support their 24-year-old colleague.

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"Not a Murderer"

His indictment for "voluntary homicide" is incomprehensible to Arnaud Boutelier, deputy regional secretary of the Alliance union.

“Institutionally, it is the Assize Court, therefore a possible sentence of 30 years in prison”, he explains at the microphone of Europe 1. “My colleague did not get up in the morning thinking that he was going to kill someone. There was no intentional homicide, "says Arnaud Boutelier again.

"He is not a murderer, even if there must be an investigation", estimates this union member.


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"When that happens, we defend ourselves with smarties!"

Out of the question to evoke a break with justice for the Unsa-Police delegate, "it's symbolic": "He has a sword of Damocles above his head when he did his job, only his job We mourn the deaths, we would like things to happen differently. But at some point, what do we do? Do we respond with smarties?"

Because refusals to comply, there are every 20-30 minutes in France according to this policeman, before adding that "if each time, we are called into question within a legal framework, we might as well stop security “, he insists, as much “use our uniform to parade”.