Refusal to comply in Vénissieux: the police were released – CNEWS

On the night of Thursday to Friday, in Vénissieux (Rhône), a policeman was overthrown following a refusal to comply. The officer fired eight shots, wounding the driver and incapacitating the passenger. According to a statement, the officers have been released. The case is in the hands of justice. This Friday evening, we learn that the police officers targeted by the refusal to comply in Vénissieux (Rhône), have been released. The agents had neutralized the driver and the passenger of the vehicle, which had reversed one of their colleague. As a reminder, on the night of Thursday to Friday, two police patrols wanted to check a vehicle reported as stolen. But the driver tried to evade the police and hit a policeman. Officers incapacitated the passenger and seriously injured the driver. The vital prognosis of the driver still engaged At this time, the vital prognosis of the driver is “very engaged”, according to the parquet floor of Lyon. He is a 26-year-old man from the Annecy region, who has already been convicted nine times by the courts. He was the subject of research as part of an open investigation for aggravated theft of vehicles. The deceased passenger in the vehicle was 20 years old. Originally from Lyon, he was known to the police, but his criminal record does not mention any conviction. Gérald Darmanin: “We must encourage our police and our gendarmes, who risk their lives every day, to restore republican order”, following the refusal to comply in Venissieux pic.twitter.com/E1kLt5thnE – CNEWS (@CNEWS) August 19, 2022 An investigation was entrusted to the IGPN (the police force, editor’s note), for intentional violence by persons holding public authority which resulted in death without the intention of giving it. The two police officers saw their police custody lifted at the end of the afternoon, at the end of the hearings. The first elements available to the prosecution tend to corroborate the thesis of self-defence. But this indicates that additional expertise, with a reconstruction of the facts, will be necessary to shed light on the events of the night. The Lyon prosecutor’s office has opened an investigation for “aggravated refusal to comply”.