421 arrested on the third night of riots in France due to the death of a minor at the hands of the police

At least 421 people, mostly young people between the ages of 14 and 18, were detained for the third consecutive night riots in Francewith scenes of chaos and looting in several towns following the death of a minor at the hands of police last Tuesday, local press reported.

the newspaper le figarowho quoted official sources, assured that 242 arrests took place in the region Île-de-Francethe most important in the country and in which it is located ParisMeanwhile in Marseilleson the coast of the Mediterranean Sea, hundreds of people devoted themselves to looting in the center and the old port of the city.

As had already happened in the previous days of riots, numerous restaurant and shop windows were broken, dozens of vehicles were set on fire, and some public offices were also attacked. French President Emmanuel Macron this Thursday described as “unjustified” acts of violence against “institutions and the Republic”, and held an inter-ministerial crisis meeting to take measures to restore peace. Today, the French president has again convened the inter-ministerial crisis headquarters, which will be held at the Ministry of the Interior from 1 p.m.

Thousands of people gathered yesterday afternoon in NanterreIn the call White March, called by the young man’s mother, who paraded through the streets until she ended up in court, where shortly before the city prosecutor Pascal Prache determined that the agent involved in the case should remain in temporary prison as a suspect in the crime of murder. An indictment was brought against the 38-year-old police brigadier this Thursday voluntary and custodial murder.

News of the jailing of the agent, who was also suspended from duty, came on arrival Nanterre Riots and clashes were already taking place between the forces of order and some protesters who participated in a rally organized by the mother of Nahel, the 17-year-old who died. In order to try to contain the situation, the Minister of the Interior took some people out into the streets 40,000 policemen and gendarmes across the country, four times more than the night before.

The policeman’s defense will appeal his detention

Lawyer Laurent-Franck Liénard, in charge of the policeman’s defense, stated that he would appeal against his temporary detention and assured that his client “he didn’t want to kill”. “The first words he said were to apologize, and the last words he said were to apologize,” the lawyer said in a late-night interview on BFM television.

Liénard indicated that he would file an appeal against his client’s temporary jail as of today and assured that the agent never confirmed that the victim’s car, a 17-year-old black one, was headed towards him. However, it held that this did not negate the fact that the shot was inside self defensesince the partner entered the vehicle and both could be crushed if the car turned.

The lawyer also argued that the victim was already exhibiting a dangerous behavior for pedestrians and cyclists and that his client tried to shoot at his feet, but the trajectory of the car pushed him away and the weapon deflected. “The car had to be stopped,” he said.

He also said that his client’s imprisonment is being used to pacify the country, as the video of his death caused a storm. a serious wave of social indignation.

The Nahel’s death It happened on Tuesday morning when two motorized agents chased him after he broke several traffic rules behind the wheel of a rental car he was driving without a license. When they managed to stop him by immobilizing him in a traffic jam, the agents pointed their guns at him and asked him to turn off the engine. But instead, the young man accelerated and then one of the two policemen shot him in the chest with a fatal shot at close range.

The officer initially stated that he used the weapon because Nahel threatened himself and the integrity of his partner by starting a moving vehicle, but images recorded by witnesses at the scene showed that this version was not supported.