For the police police, “The baton received at the head was absolutely not justified”. Justice, however, without follow -up, the complaint filed on July 8, 2024 by Enzo (the first name was modified at his request), a student now 21 years old, injured with a baton during a demonstration in Lille, on July 7, 2024. Reason for the decision: “Unidentified authors. »»
It is not for lack, for the Lille antenna of the General Inspectorate of the National Police (IGPN), of having conducted a precise investigation, whose conclusions addressed to the Lille prosecution on September 18, 2024 are final: the victim A “Well was the victim of violence that (…) did not seem to be part of a context of proportionate response “.
That evening, an undeclared demonstration-without being prohibited by the prefecture of the North-follows the announcement of the results of the second round of the legislative elections. The national rally and its allies did not obtain an absolute majority hoped for but won 143 seats in the National Assembly. In Lille, hundreds of people parade at the call of the new Popular Front. Militant of young people rebellious, the youth organization of rebellious France (LFI), Enzo joins the procession, part of the route is enamelled with incidents. A group of demonstrators, evaluated at less than fifty individuals, chants slogans hostile to the police, while the police are targeted in particular by throwing bottles.
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