1 dead, a shock video, the police seized… what we know about the refusal to comply in Nice – Nice matin

The facts The drama took place around 4:30 p.m. this Wednesday in Nice. After noting risky driving and “zigzags” on the fast lane, a road safety brigade chased the vehicle. The chase will end on avenue Henri-Matisse. “Stuck in the flow of traffic”, the fleeing vehicle would then have turned around to find itself facing the police car, which it would have struck “several times”, according to the DDSP. One of the police officers, down on the road, then fired “once”, according to the public prosecutor. What do we see on the video? Several residents filmed the scene and immediately posted it on social networks. We see a gray SUV, blocked by a police vehicle, trying to reverse. A police officer, gun in hand, is near the window of the vehicle, on the passenger side. The vehicle stops then tries to start again, but is again blocked. That’s when the policeman opened fire. He fires a bullet through the glass. On the images, it is impossible to distinguish what is happening inside the vehicle, or to know if the driver was armed. We also do not see what could have happened before the scene. The passenger in the car was taken into custody. A double investigation opened, the police of the police seized According to the deputy prosecutor of the Republic of Nice, Maud Marty, a double investigation was opened. The criminal brigade of the Departmental Security was seized of the attempted homicide of a person holding public authority, and of the facts of refusal to comply and concealment of a stolen vehicle. “The public prosecutor of Nice that I represent also seized the IGPN of the facts of the shooting by the policeman, member of this crew of the Road Safety Brigade, on the driver of the vehicle. It will be a question of determining in which circumstance the shooting occurred”, she indicated. “The police do not kill, the police defend themselves”, reacts a police union Unit SGP “I do not hide from you that we are worried for our 23-year-old colleague who fired and was taken away by the firefighters, this is our first concern”, confided Laurent Martin de Frémont, of the SGP Police Unit union. For the SGP Unit secretary, it is indeed a refusal to comply. “Our colleagues defended themselves, they were attacked. It is a real self-defense, the investigation will make it clear. But remember that when you start your career at 23 and you fire, it’s very difficult.” According to the union secretary, the police do not shoot more than before in France. “But we are dealing with individuals extremely determined who want to escape the police at all costs.” The reactions of politicians