Safety A man was seriously injured in the head after the use by police of a deterrent grenade called désencerclement …
“Before, the police resorted to remote processing techniques. Now, it hurts. ” Anne-Lise Lierville, Program Director of ACAT (Action by Christians for the Abolition of Torture), originally from
a report on police violence, the French doctrine has changed. Violent images of a protester, Romain. D, 28, collapsing after a désencerclement pomegranate shot made by a police officer in the intervention group of the Paris police headquarters, have revived the debate on the use of arms “intermediate” in operations of policing. How are framed and he is their proportionate use? 20 Minutes is the point.
INJURED GRAVE – MANIF 26 May 2016 iN PARIS[VIDEO] There was one serious injury during yesterday’s demonstration in Paris by a grenade that exploded désencerclement close to the head. It would not of a protester but of an independent photographer.
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18 rubber projectiles
These grenades, also called “désencerclement ballistic device” (DBD) or “désencerclement of hand grenade” (GMD) are composed of eighteen rubber rollers which disperse in all directions at the time of triggering the charge and accompanied by a loud bang. Their use is strictly regulated
as pointed out a circular issued September 2, 2014 by the Ministry of Interior,
a few weeks before the death of Remi Fraisse to Sivens following the shooting of an offensive grenade: “The GMD is likely to be used when the security forces are in position encircling or partly taken by violent or armed groups. ” The shot must always be close to the ground so that no projectile is likely to reach the face
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Immersed in an artificial coma for ten days, Romain. D, the young photographer who suffered a cerebral edema and depression of her skull, finally regained consciousness this Monday, June 6 have indicated several sources close to the investigation Express and link: L’Express . While three investigations -
brought by two IGPN, police fonts, and
one by the Defender of Rights – are ongoing suspicions about misuse of désencerclement pomegranate rose. The various videos
published on social networks show a
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“Not a show Guignol”
There’s there abuse side of the security forces responsible for maintaining order during demonstrations against LALOI Work? Jean Luc Taltavull of
union Unsa Police, the answer is no: “Only authorized employees can use. This is a non-lethal ballistic device intermediate. We do not use them for fun but for an increase in the response. That remains a weapon, one is aware. ”
A weapon that can cause serious injury. Trained annually in the use of these devices, the policeman told 20 Minutes having himself received during training a shot from the grenade and have kept a “beautiful swelling in the belly. ” Part of integral risk according to the union: “There are some consequences that we do not control and despite all precautions, there will always be casualties. Understandably questioning but this weapon is appreciated by staff because it allows remote maintenance. “
As for the police, the removal of these grenades is not the solution explains Jean-Hugues Matelly , spokesman for the professional Association of GendXXI gendarmes: “It would advance on a slippery slope. The end of the distancing would require police to go to the contact. ” According to him, informed the demonstrators risks and possible consequences excesses would be preferable: “We need everyone to be aware that when you are in a confrontation with the police, it’s not Guignol and it will happen like in a puppet theater “
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Important sequelae
logic in opposition? with the right to protest for Arie Alimi, a lawyer at the Paris Bar Council of the family Remi Fraisse and several victims of police violence: “this communication would mean” that’s what it can result, so do not just manifest ” ! “. As Acat, Arie Alimi denounced the change of doctrine and the almost systematic confrontation operated by the police: “The doctrine of policing has changed dramatically. Before remote is held, the doctrine was: no dead, the least possible casualties. Today we go to the contact,
was an offensive doctrine. The grenades used to disperse the demonstrators we Around gold we would not have need – except in statutory and self-defense – if a distancing doctrine was effective “
Citing alternative tools deemed less dangerous, such as water cannons, the lawyer denounces the effects caused by these grenades “the GMD contain explosives. This is the effect of blast, breath is dangerous, can injure or kill. They say they are less lethal, they do not kill directly, but in certain circumstances they can kill and maim. ” Contacted by 20 Minutes the Interior Ministry declined to specify whether a reflection on these grenades désencerclement was underway.
Investigations by IGPN, mobilizing a dozen investigators should clarify
the circumstances of Romain.D injuries. Since the beginning of the Labor Law, the police of the police has received 48 criminal investigations
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