A video showing a policeman pointing his gun at a motorist during the demonstration on Saturday is currently circulating on the Internet. An investigation has been opened.
The Paris police chief on Sunday asked for an internal administrative investigation following the broadcast on social networks of a video showing a police officer pointing his weapon at a motorist on Saturday, Place de l’Etoile in Paris. “A video is currently circulating on social networks following a police intervention on the Champs-Elysées. The prefect is launching an internal administrative investigation,” tweeted the police headquarters.
This video, also broadcast in the 8:00 p.m. newspaper on TF1, shows a policeman getting out of his screen-printed car, gun in hand. He was chasing a white car whose occupants displayed tricolor flags and claimed to be anti-pass convoys. The video shows the policeman pointing his gun at the driver.
A policeman pointed his gun at a motorist in the freedom convoy. #ChampsElysees#convoydelaliberte#PoliceViolencepic.twitter.com/GfAMQIj9Uw
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In addition, another video posted on social networks shows a member of the police violently hitting a man on the head with a truncheon on the avenue des Champs-Elysées. The Paris police headquarters told AFP that this latest video was not covered by the administrative investigation announced by the PP.
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