No release. This is what the investigating chamber of the Aix-en-Provence Court of Appeal decided on Thursday against a police officer from the BAC, suspected of being the perpetrator of violence. and of having fired a flash-ball on the head of Hedi, a young man from Marseille beaten up on the sidelines of the riots at the beginning of July.
Three other police officers are also suspected of having taken part in the violence. If the judgment satisfies the victim’s lawyer, on the side of the police, the announcement goes badly. Since the agent’s imprisonment, hundreds of police officers have gone on sick leave to protest against the judicial treatment of their colleague, but also against their working conditions.
“Sequelae until the end of his life”
At the microphone of Europe 1, Karima Delli, MEP EELV, believes that “politicians do not have to say whether or not we are satisfied. But we respect what justice says” , she assures. “But what I want to remember this morning is that Hedi showed unprecedented courage. He testified with his face uncovered in particular. But he is someone who is bruised for life”, underlines Karima Delli.
Doctors had to remove part of the young man’s skull to save his life. And “whatever the way in which the next operations will be carried out, this young Frenchman who had done nothing will have consequences in his mind, in his flesh, until the end of his life”, underlines the president of the commission. Transport and Tourism in the European Parliament.
No excuses
“I say, no one deserves such a surge of violence of which he has been the victim. And on the other hand, he deserves that justice be done. (…) But in any case, these police officers unleashed violence, savagery unheard of on this young man”, she continues.
On the other hand, there is no question of casting shame on the police. “We condemn all violence,” she said, as hundreds of officials were injured during the riots. But faced with the violence that Hedi suffered, there is no possible excuse assures Karima Delli. “Of course, I hear that there is fatigue, that there are riots. But that does not can’t be a pretext because if all the other professional bodies start using it, it’s an endless spiral, she concludes.