The 23-year-old policeman who shot a motorist who refused to comply on Wednesday in Nice has been indicted for willful violence and placed under judicial control, AFP learned on Friday, September 9 from the prosecution.
The police officer was indicted for "
willful violence with a weapon having caused death without intention to give
it", and was prohibited from carrying a weapon, specified the prosecutor of the Republic of Nice, Xavier Bonhomme, to the AFP.
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Wednesday around 4:30 p.m., a man who was traveling without a license in a stolen vehicle, according to the police, died after being shot by a 23-year-old policeman, assistant in a road safety brigade.
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A "
homicide
" for the relatives of the victims
According to the Departmental Directorate of Public Security (DDSP), the police had signaled to the driver of the vehicle "
zigzagging dangerously
" to follow them, but the latter had accelerated.
For the relatives of the victim, "
it is obvious that we have (case) a homicide, there is no discussion on it
", declared Thursday one of their lawyers, Me Sefen Guez Guez.
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According to videos posted Thursday on social networks, the driver, blocked by a police car in front, reversed before trying to disengage and restart.
But he is then again blocked by the police car in front.
It was at this moment that the policeman, gun in hand and standing near the vehicle, fired through the driver's side window.