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when the state provides anti-crime brigades of the long arms of police, and then Parliament to discuss a relaxation of open fire rules by the security forces, the French NGO ACAT (Action by Christians for the abolition of torture) published Monday, March 14 a scathing report on violence police. “ We wondered if our message would be heard in the post-bombings context , recognizes Aline DAILLERE, author of The order and strength . In fact, the time is right, because we fear drifts within a legislative framework where security forces have opportunities to use weapons expanded . “
after an eighteen-month investigation, ACAT takes stock of the seamy places. She particularly looked into 89 cases of serious injury that occurred between 2005 and 2015, resulting in death for 26 of them. These cases were identified via associations, lawyers or through articles, since no in France and comprehensive official census.
Their analysis reveals a change in doctrine the maintenance of order. For Aline DAILLERE, “ a design where one slides were maintained remotely protesters in a design where one seeks the demonstrators. It’s obvious with the flash-ball “, capable of firing rubber bullets” to the speed of a TGV . “
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“ the use of increasingly important to intermediate weapons, from the 1990s, resulted in a significant number of serious injuries ” , notes the NGO, especially on the occasion of demonstrations or “ security operations in areas deemed sensitive or areas to defend (Notre-Dame-des-Landes, Sivens) ” . The NGO counts since 2005 at least one death and 39 seriously injured by flash-ball, 21 were éborgnés or have lost the use of one eye. Thirty percent of these victims are minors. The risks, particularly given the inability to obtain precise aiming at a crowd in motion, are “ totally disproportionate to the police objectives ,” said ACAT, which recommends the total withdrawal .
electrical impulse guns (PIE), used since 2004, are not spared. The NGO notes use in “ steady increase .” “ Because considered harmless, they seem to favor the use of force to the detriment of negotiations ,” worries the report, which is abusive uses for the sole purpose of handcuffing. ACAT recommends banning their use in contact mode and video and sound recording of their jobs when four people have died in France soon after Taser use; although the report says, “ in all these cases, the courts found no link between the death and shooting PIE .”
The disciplinary response criminal and given to illegal police violence allegations also constitutes the other major component of the study published Monday. It speaks of “ Deep opacity ” and “ serious shortcomings in the administrative and judicial investigations as a result of complaints of police violence .”
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of the 89 cases studied by ACAT, “ only seven resulted in convictions .” And these appear “ low in view of the allegations or compared to other types of convictions for litigants ‘classic’ .” The NGO suggests a risk of impunity, powered by a corporatism that would push such policemen or gendarmes to deter individuals to file complaints or to be guilty of false statements to protect their peers.
from the perspective of internal business processing, ACAT also regrets the “ mercy ” disciplinary authorities where the use of force appears as illegitimate. It is so in the case of this child of nine éborgné by a flash-ball in Mayotte in 2011, during a protest against high prices. “ The authorities acknowledged the illegal use of force by the policeman, who was sentenced to a reprimand that ,” says Aline DAILLERE.
The NGO regrets further that the general inspections (IGPN and IGGN) are entered as the gravest incidents, the majority of investigations being conducted by the services that it poses a “ problem impartiality .” Thus, in 2014, over 5178 reports received by individuals, only 32 resulted in investigations IGPN. Furthermore, of the 35 officials referred by closed administrative inquiries in 2014 regarding a disproportionate use of force, 40% were the subject of a proposal for classification IGPN. A IGPN about which ACAT notes, however, “ a positive evolution in transparency ” while denouncing generally a “ Opacity ” of the authorities, “ that does absolutely not communicate on the number of people injured or killed in the course of police operations or gendarmerie . “
the NGO has also started a petition to the attention of the Minister of interior for the publication of accurate and timely data. “ Where there is a will to reveal the facts, one is immediately accused of discrediting an entire profession, Aline DAILLERE regret. However, we recall that the police violence are a minority and it is the failure to recognize its victims undermining the profession “.
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