According to the Parisian, the officer was released from the hospital last week with two broken ribs, a pneumothorax, and a head wound. This policeman was hit in Yvelines by a driver. The perpetrator is a 23-year-old man, known to the police in drug cases, theft and spousal violence.
He was placed in police custody in Versailles, the young man had already also been
arrested with license defects. Drugs were also found in his car.
A witness shocked by the scene
The 53-year-old municipal police officer was checking the motorist. The police then discovered that the car was stolen, and the man fled. In a dead end, the police block off: “The driver tried to find an exit. The policeman stood in front of the car and took aim at him.” says Julien, witness to Parisian.
“The policeman shouted at him: ‘Stop or I’ll shoot’. The guy in the Peugeot accelerated hard. And he hit him.”
The scene was very violent: “What shocked me the most was the noise it made when his head hit the car. I’m surprised he escaped. We’re nothing compared to a car.” affirms the witness who also observes the police officer’s colleague. “She was very pale, visibly shocked. She was bleeding from the back of her head.”
A kitty for the policeman
The courage of the policeman surprised Julien, the witness to the scene.
“He got in his face and tried to block it with his body. It could have been worse, a lot of children play outside in this residence.” In fact, the man almost crushed several people in his path, “5 to 10 people”, selon le maire de
Chesnay-Rocquencourt.
Residents also testified to Parisian :
“We are no longer really surprised by these refusals to comply. Now, people are ready to knock down police officers for 10 euros”, “It’s terrible, I think that at one point, we will have to protect the police more The sentences are relatively light.” To support him, several of them and the police have already offered to open a fund for him and his family. “The fear of dying, the fact of being targeted as a representative of law and order, all of this is not trivial.” explains the mayor.
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