"Beatings" at the 19th century police station in Paris: the investigation entrusted to an examining magistrate

An investigating judge has resumed since May the investigations into the accusations of "

" brought by a journalist infiltrated for two years in the Paris police against officials of the nineteenth arrondissement, said Monday, June 21, the Paris prosecutor's office, requested by AFP.

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The judicial information, which follows the preliminary investigation launched in September, has been open since May 5 for "

", "

".

Violence, racist and homophobic insults but also lack of means, suicide and unhappiness of the troops: in the book "

" (ed. Goutte d'or), published at the beginning of September, the journalist Valentin Gendrot recounts his eventful infiltration.

Officiating in the police station of the nineteenth arrondissement of Paris between March and August 2019, he explained that he had witnessed several “

” and testified to “

”

practices

on the part of certain police officers.

Of "

slaps

," "

slaps

" and "

punches

" to a teenager during a check

The most explosive passage of his book, Valentin Gendrot claims to have witnessed a "

" committed by a colleague and that he himself covered with other police officers.

During a control which degenerates, a police officer puts several "

" and "

" to a teenager, then "

", according to the report of the journalist.

The young man, whose seriousness of injuries is not detailed, is taken to the police station for an identity check.

The police officer then files a complaint for contempt and threats, the teenager for violence.

A "

"

PV

is written to "

" the police officer, says Valentin Gendrot who will also incriminate the teenager during an internal investigation, explaining to AFP his decision "

" by his wish to "

".

The book also evokes a number of ferments of long-term discontent among staff: policy of numbers, cars and premises out of age, suicide of a colleague and hostility of the population, salary of € 1,340 monthly net in Paris.

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The police headquarters had reported to the Paris prosecutor at the beginning of September the facts related in this big bookstore success, in order to establish their veracity. Valentin Gendrot was heard as a witness on October 1 by the General Inspectorate of the National Police (IGPN), the police force, in charge of investigations. He then indicated that he had learned from the IGPN that it intended to interview eight police officers.