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POLICE KILLED – After the emotion, the contemplation. Emmanuel Macron chaired this Thursday, May 25 in Roubaix (North) a tribute to the three police officers killed on Sunday in intervention, in a collision with a vehicle traveling in the wrong direction, whose driver was heavily alcoholic and positive for cannabis.
At midday, he met the families and colleagues of these three young police officers accompanied by his wife Brigitte Macron. The three police officers, Paul Medeiros and Steven Greblac, 25, and Manon Raux, 24, were elevated to the rank of Knight of the Legion of Honor.
Their coffin covered with the tricolor entered the courtyard of the Roubaix police academy before the Head of State gave a short speech to pay their respects. He, on this occasion, denounced behaviors that kill “. ” Talking about them becomes necessary to pay homage to their destiny “, he said, quickly retracing their journey.
Children of police officers, wards of the Nation
“At the sight of your three coffins, there is only amazement in the face of injustice and the absurd”, continued the President.
” Dear Stecy, we are thinking of you and the child who will be born and who will be a pupil of the Nation. We will watch over you “, promised Emmanuel Macron, addressing the companion of Paul Medeiros. He also announced that Robin, the very young son of Steven Greblac will be a ward of the Nation.
At the time of concluding his speech and before affixing the insignia of the Legion of Honor to the coffins, the Head of State announced that the police officers had been raised to a higher rank.
The ceremony ended with a minute of silence and the Marseillaise played in great emotion.
The tribute of the police to three of his own
On Twitter, the National Police of the North also published tributes for each of them on Thursday. “After brilliantly passing the selection tests to join the equestrian brigade, you were about to combine passion and work. Manon, forever in our memories »is it written in one of the tweets.
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The facts date back to Sunday morning, when an Alfa Romeo traveling in the wrong direction on the RD 700, near Villeneuve-d’Ascq, hit the police car which was carrying, in addition to the three young police officers, a 16-year-old girl who they were taking to see a doctor after the violence she had denounced during the night. The girl was seriously injured in the accident.
The 24-year-old driver of the Alfa Romeo has died. His 23-year-old passenger was seriously injured.
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