Two investigations, judicial and administrative, are underway after the injury in November 2020 in Tourcoing of a man by a fire from a defense bullet launcher (LBD) from a police officer, said the Lille prosecutor's office, confirming information from
Mediapart
.
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In a context of urban violence, while the police were deployed on the public highway, an official made use of an LBD
", reaching "
a man in his forties
," said the Lille prosecutor's office. .
"
A judicial investigation is underway,
" he confirmed.
According to the General Directorate of the National Police, an administrative investigation was also opened "as
soon as the facts were reported to the Departmental Director of Public Security in the North, who entrusted it to the ethics unit
" of his services.
The injured man, aged 43, told Mediapart that he was targeted in the flank by LBD fire on November 21 at around 9:20 p.m., when he went out for a walk, with his certificate.
Came face to face with police officers who, according to him, were intervening for a group of young people throwing firecrackers, he explains having turned around to go home and then stopped because of the explosion of firecrackers nearby, before being hit by LBD's shot.
He also told Mediapart that the police prevented him from leaving his home with his wife to go to the emergency room.
The couple succeeded in a second attempt, after the police operation was over.
