A police officer will be tried on June 26 in Bayonne for " unintentional violence " after an LBD shot that injured a young woman's face during a demonstration in late 2018 in Biarritz, the victim's lawyer said on Saturday June 6 .
“ The subject here is a problem of policing. They will not be able to avoid the public debate , "Sophie Bussière told AFP, stressing the" chance of the calendar "which will involve this trial in a context of denunciation of police violence.
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Her client, 19-year-old art student Lola Villabriga, suffered a triple jaw fracture due to an LBD shot on December 18, 2018 during a demonstration on the sidelines of the Minister of Foreign Affairs' visit to Biarritz then, Jean-Yves Le Drian, as part of the preparation for the G7 summit, planned for the following summer in the Basque seaside city. “ Yellow vests ” in particular took part in this anti-G7 rally in front of the Grande Plage, in the heart of the city.
Miss Villabriga, who had been entitled to 45 days of temporary incapacity for work, had filed a complaint against X in January 2019 for " aggravated violence with a weapon by a person responsible for public authority ". The accused police officer was able to be identified after investigations by the IGPN and the police. " It's already satisfying that there were prosecutions and, above all, that it was quick," said Ms. Bussière. It's rare in this kind of business . ”
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