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In France, a new video has fueled a debate on police violence. The magazine “Loopsider” published recordings that are said to show three policemen massively beating a man.
The incident is said to have occurred in Paris on Saturday. According to “Loopsider”, the black music producer Michel was on the street without the protective crown mask required in Paris. When he saw a police car, he quickly went to the production studio, the producer told the magazine.
Surveillance camera recordings in the studio should now show the three police officers following the man and pushing him through the door. You can see them hitting Michel at the studio entrance for several minutes.
He claims to have been racially insulted by the police several times and to have asked for help. “I didn’t understand what was going on,” Michel “Loopsider” said. He wondered if they were really police officers. Michel finally managed to alert the musicians in the basement of the studio.
Later images show the producer with massive injuries. According to “Loopsider”, the police said that Michel had resisted and was violent.
The AFP news agency reports that Frédéric Veaux, the head of the national police, has already temporarily fired the three officers. Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin had previously called for a suspension.
Already the second video in a few days.
The incident came amid a debate over a new law to restrict video footage of police operations. The lower house of parliament has already approved the bill, now the Senate has to vote on it. Only earlier in the week did videos of a brutal eviction from a migrant camp in Paris cause consternation.
