four police officers taken into custody for violence against a disabled person

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“ The High Commissioner decided on the immediate administrative suspension of the four agents involved [dans des violences commises sur une personne en situation de handicap]pending the results of the internal investigation opened by the Territorial Directorate of the National Police », indicated in a press release the High Commission, which represents France in French Polynesiathis autonomous overseas community whose security remains ensured by the State.

A video published on social networks

On the video filmed on the night of Friday September 27, from the balcony of a building, we can see four police officers surrounding a man in a wheelchair. Then, one of the officers lifts the chair and knocks the man to the ground. The latter manages to sit on the ground, but the same policeman lands a powerful hook on his face and the man falls again.

The video, lasting 49 seconds, is not contextualized and was filmed in the Estall district of Papeete, a disadvantaged area of ​​Tahiti. At no time does the disabled person show any signs of aggression.

The four police officers were placed in police custody, the public prosecutor in French Polynesia Solène Belaouar told AFP on Saturday evening. “ We must respect the presumption of innocence, but everyone has seen the video “, she stressed. “ I don’t know what preceded the video, but it can’t justify these actions anyway », Specified the prosecutor, who opened an investigation into intentional violence in meetings by a custodian of public authority on a vulnerable person.

The victim will soon be heard.

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