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Arrested and "thrown to the ground" in Saint-Denis, this humorist accuses the police of racism

2020-08-10T17:52:22.525Z


Comedian Youssoupha Diaby, widely followed on social networks, testified in a video after the violent intervention he suffered on Sunday


His video, posted on social networks around 1 am on the night from Sunday to Monday, has already been viewed more than 150,000 times. The comedian Youssoupha Diaby, used to stand-up scenes, testifies to the police intervention of which he was the target a few minutes earlier on Boulevard Marcel-Sembat in Saint-Denis (Seine-Saint-Denis), where he resides.

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The actor returns from Paris on a scooter when a national police vehicle is found behind him. "I can not take the sidewalk by electric scooter, otherwise I have fun (Editor's note: on the ground)" , he explains. Forced by the police to pull over, he said he heard: “Hey! Do you think this is the road to your mother? "Tac-au-tac answers him:" I said: Yeah it's the road to my mother! […] And they were cops in fact… ”

Visibly appalled by what he has just experienced, he first describes a dangerous police maneuver aimed at arresting him. “They got sideways in front of me. I didn't have time to brake, I threw my scooter on the car… bang! »He testifies.

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He is not hurt but the tone rises. He says he answered a policeman: "Where are you talking to me like that, are you stupid or what?" "The latter would have replied with an insult:" Where are you talking to me like that dirty bastard? So I said to him: You are a bastard! " He then says he was pushed," thrown down "and his backpack which contained two cameras.

"Stop playing cowboys "

Young residents of the neighborhood would then have come to his aid. The police decide not to take him into custody. "I thank them for being there," Youssoupha Diaby continues. If you hadn't been there, maybe they would have screwed up on me. "

He then calls those who follow him on the networks to witness: “I have always been a good boy […] I never said N *** the police . But there, I really hate them. "Before addressing the officials directly, with more serious words:" The Saint-Denis police officers, stop playing cowboys. You have to tell the truth: it's a fucking racist job […] The grassroots are racist, you can only say that. "

The mayor of Saint-Denis will receive it this Tuesday

Contacted, the Paris police headquarters considers "not to have to comment" on the facts or the video. “If this person feels aggrieved, he or she has all the means of recourse to go see the competent services in our area and file a complaint. "

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The comedian, widely followed on social networks - he has 409,000 subscribers on Instagram, more than 178,000 on his YouTube channel - has visited the Jamel Comedy Club and regularly intervened at the Paname Art Café. This Monday, he received many messages of support, sometimes from personalities.

Force to you @youssouphadiaby. What are you going to do @VilleSaintDenis @MathieuHanotin for one of your fellow citizens who makes your city shine through his work? https://t.co/liobeUTchB

- Raphäl Yem (@RaphalYem) August 10, 2020

As of Monday morning, Mathieu Hanotin, the new mayor (PS) of Saint-Denis wanted to contact him. “Fortunately, there was no tragedy, but if the facts are true, these behaviors are outside the legal framework, he warns. If I want the police, including the municipal police, to have more power in Saint-Denis, that also implies more responsibility in the use of force. "

The mayor proposed to Youssoupha Diaby to receive him in town hall this Tuesday. “I think it is the role of the town hall to support fellow citizens who wish to assert their rights,” he explains. He also wished to alert the commissioner. "There is no camera where it happened," continues Mathieu Hanotin. But police cars are normally equipped with video surveillance. So we should be able to get a video of what happened. "

Source: leparis

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