Refusal to Comply in Paris: The Three Police Officers “Come Free of Charge” at This Stage – The HuffPost

via Associated PressThe three police officers who fired on a car, causing the death of a passenger and seriously injuring the driver, emerged free from their custody (photo illustration)INVESTIGATION – After the political skirmish between Gérald Darmanin and Jean-Luc Mélenchon, the investigation into the police shootings which caused the serious injury and death of a passenger on Saturday in Paris, progressed on Tuesday, June 7. The three civil servants emerged free from the premises of the IGPN after their police custody, their lawyer announced to AFP, confirming information from BFMTV and CNews. charge”, declared Me Laurent-Franck Liénard. “The investigation will continue in another form and they will give all the elements of response so that the truth is fully revealed. They have nothing to hide and will demonstrate their respect for the rules and the legitimacy of their action”, he added. The three agents were therefore not brought before an investigating judge at the end of their police custody, which means that they are not indicted or prosecuted at this stage, indicated their lawyer, Laurent-Franck Liénard. The self-defense in question They were heard for “violence having caused an ITT (total interruption of work) of more than 8 days with a weapon by a person holding public authority” and for “violence having caused death without intention to give it by person vested with public authority”. At the end of the morning on Saturday, they opened fire on the occupants of a car suspected of having refused to submit to a check. The three police officers “were in a very dramatic situation, where their lives were truly in danger. , where they had to use their weapon [dans le cadre de la légitime défense], which is really the ultimate police recourse”, had related their lawyer Monday evening on BFMTV. “We have testimonials and there is a video,” he added. A version very different from that delivered by one of the passengers to our colleagues at RTL, who reported shooting while the vehicle was stationary. Bollard rises to the plate This news item did not fail to react to the political class after the death of the passenger from her injuries on Sunday. Returning to his two controversial tweets from Saturday and Sunday, one of which asserted that “the police kill”, Jean-Luc Mélenchon drove the point home this Tuesday on France Inter, explaining that he had “raised the tone” to denounce “the evolution of the use of police force as it is today defined by the political power that commands”. “I want to talk about it,” he insisted, after the death of a car passenger shot in the head following the supposed refusal to comply by the driver, himself seriously injured. After the indignation of the Minister of the Interior and the majority during the Pentecost weekend, Elisabeth Borne denounced this Tuesday “very shocking” and “outrageous” remarks by Jean-Luc Mélenchon. “I find it very shocking the way Jean-Luc Mélenchon systematically attacks the police,” said the Prime Minister on France Bleu. “The police carry out a difficult mission in the service of the French”. See also on Le HuffPost: In the Var, the candidacy of Éric Zemmour divides the far right against LREM