A difficult decision to admit for Michel Zecler.
"I find it difficult to understand what causes such benevolence of the state vis-à-vis these three individuals," reacted the music producer beaten by police after the announcement, Tuesday evening, of their release under judicial supervision.
“Just like the functional help that was granted to them,” he added to BFMTV, “this new decision, executed with curious eagerness, gives the feeling that, behind the agreed speeches, my attackers are being cajoled without a lot of moods ”.
Her lawyer, Me Caroline Toby, who says she has "always considered that pre-trial detention should be the exception and freedom the rule", is also surprised "that these releases take place even before a confrontation has taken place. between the victim and the police, even though they continue to dispute certain facts despite the evidence ”.
Prohibition on practicing the profession of police officers
On Tuesday, the investigating judges ordered the release of the two police officers who have been in detention since November 30.
They will be subjected to a judicial control which provides for a ban on entering into contact with the victim and other indicted persons, from holding a weapon and from exercising the profession of police officers.
They are also prohibited from appearing in the 17th arrondissement of Paris, where the producer's music studio is located, and will also have to pay a deposit of 5,000 euros.
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On November 21, at the end of the day, Michel Zecler was beaten up by police officers in the entrance of his music studio, then in the street.
The facts were revealed by CCTV footage from the music studio, released by online media Loopsider, which contradicted the initial police arrest report.
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In this case, four police officers were indicted on November 30: three of them, suspected of having beaten Michel Zecler, were for "willful violence by a person holding public authority (PDAP) ", With several aggravating circumstances including that of racism, and for" forgery in public writing "by PDAP, a crime punishable by assizes.
Among them, a 31-year-old sergeant and a 23-year-old peacekeeper had been remanded in custody, a decision "extremely rare" for police officials according to several sources.
A fourth policeman, suspected of having thrown a tear gas canister in the music studio, was indicted mainly for “willful violence by a person holding public authority” and placed under judicial supervision.
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