A controversial video. A RATP agent was filmed hitting a young man in the corridors of the metro, Gare de l'Est in Paris, during a control, Le Figaro learned Wednesday, September 20. RATP confirmed the incident on its social networks, indicating the opening of an investigation.
On the images that have gone viral, we can see an agent of the GPSR (Network Protection and Security Group), surrounded by several of his colleagues, punching a young man, in the stomach. A dog is also present during the facts. According to the RATP, the facts took place Tuesday evening, around 21 p.m.
Complaint against the affected individual
The group assures "that an investigation is underway to understand the circumstances of this arrest and the manifestly inappropriate nature of the officer's reaction". "According to the officer, the individual would have kicked another officer, insulted him and then threatened him with death before making him fall on the suitcases of a traveler," he also says. The accused officer "filed a complaint" and the individual "handed over to the police".