A police officer accused of having torn off the mask of a gendarme was sentenced on Tuesday for violence and was fined 600 euros in front of the Toulouse criminal court, the gendarme's lawyer told AFP on Wednesday (May 5th) .
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Called for noise in a suburb of Toulouse during the confinement of autumn 2020, the gendarmes saw "
a crowd of people in a garden. One of the people came to meet them without a mask and alcoholic,
”declared Me Hélène Saint-Aroman, lawyer for the gendarme who brought a civil action. “
It turned out that this person was a policeman. Instead of keeping a low profile, he was particularly aggressive and asked the soldiers to
"
get out of there
"
and tore off the mask from the gendarme
", according to the soldier and his colleagues present on the spot, she said.
The police officer, sentenced to a fine of 600 euros and 400 euros in damages, for "
willful violence against a person holding public authority
", partially acknowledged these accusations, specifying that he had drunk during a meal with friends. . However, he denied having voluntarily torn off the mask from the gendarme, while regretting a possible "
clumsiness
".