The Paris police headquarters announced on Friday that it had seized the General Inspectorate of the National Police (IGPN), after the broadcast on social networks of a video showing police spraying a man with tear gas at Le Bourget (Seine-Saint- Dennis).

"The prefect of police immediately seized the IGPN to initiate an investigation into the use of tear gas by a police crew, brought to his attention by a video published on social networks", announced the prefecture in a tweet .

“Officials once identified will be subject to suspension,” she added.

Contacted by AFP, the public prosecutor of Bobigny, Eric Mathais, indicated that he had seized the IGPN as part of a criminal investigation opened for "violence with a weapon by a person holding public authority".

"Such actions by the police are intolerable"

In the video, filmed at Le Bourget and broadcast on social networks, we can see a police vehicle backing up, then stopping at the height of a man, standing on the sidewalk, with bags in his hands.

A member of the crew then sprinkles the passer-by with tear gas at point-blank range.

The police car then drives off, and drives away along a one-way street, leaving the man alone screaming on the sidewalk.

Since we tell you that the @PoliceNationale is irreproachable and Republican 🤢 I look forward to the reaction of @alliancepolice @GDarmanin @Elisabeth_Borne but also the media like @CNEWS @BFMTV @LCI as well as @Interieur_Gouv @Renaissance_UE



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"Such actions on the part of the police are intolerable", reacted the deputy (LFI) of Seine-Saint-Denis Raquel Garrido in a tweet.

According to Raquel Garrido, the facts took place on the night of Thursday to Friday, and involve a man "in a situation of vulnerability since he is homeless".

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