Monday January 16 at 8:50 p.m., BFMTV presents a new documentary series: "
BAC Nord, they finally speak
".
This document looks back on the case which in 2012 damaged the reputation of the Marseille anti-crime brigade.
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“
It destroyed me!
There will be a before and after Bac Nord…
”;
in a flat voice, the first testimony of one of the police officers involved sets the scene.
Ten years after this story, which ended with a trial that saw eleven police officers given suspended prison sentences and seven others released, this documentary in three episodes questions the facts in a very didactic way.
Exciting.
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Where did the rumor come from?
What was the trigger for the investigation?
What were the real practices of Bac Nord police officers in the neighborhoods?
How were the police wiretapped in the greatest secrecy?
Why was the eavesdropping called into question?
What traces does the affair leave on the men and institutions concerned?
So many questions to which we have enlightening answers by the main protagonists, without caricatural staging.
The testimonies of the police officers implicated, journalists, the commissioner and the prefect, facing the camera, are sober and give relief to this series/documentary.
“
By rubbing shoulders with darkness in the northern districts, don't we become a little dark?
»
A lawyer
The confessions are interspersed with punch lines that make you shiver.
“
By rubbing shoulders with darkness in the northern districts, don't we become a little dark?
asks a lawyer, while the commissioner of this "
ex-best baccalaureate in France
" admits, tilting his head: "
The hierarchy closes its eyes, but it is a mistake to let it happen
".
The media intervention of the Minister of the Interior at the time, Manuel Valls, and his now famous "
There is no place for those who dirty the uniform...
" takes on another dimension in the light of the testimonies of those who knew but let it happen...
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The investigation will take a decisive turn thanks to the determination of the father of an implicated police officer who will peel all the tapping of the police cars.
It will highlight the inconsistencies of the accusations and will demonstrate that "
76% of the wiretaps were false
".
These wiretaps being the only evidence, they are no longer admissible, so there is almost nothing left in the file… 9 years later, in April 2021, the trial will take place, sentencing eleven police officers to suspended prison sentences and relaxing seven others.
“
All that for that…
” as one of the defendants insists…
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