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In the spring of 2022, the agent from the police station of the 5th and 6th arrondissements of Paris, now being prosecuted for serious violence against a man placed in police custody in July 2024, had already been implicated. This case had been abandoned by the prosecution.
In June 2022, Virginie E. went to the police station of the 5th and 6th arrondissements of Paris with the intention of filing a complaint against RATP agents. It is in this place that she meets the police officer Maxime D, against whom she will file a complaint, accusing him of violence. While she was outside the premises, this agent sprayed her with tear gas and used his telescopic baton to make her leave. Video surveillance images support the story of this 41-year-old Cameroonian woman.
However, this case, the investigation of which was closed by the General Inspectorate of the National Police (IGPN) in January 2023, slept in the drawers of the Paris prosecutor’s office for a year and a half, according to the procedural documents consulted by Release. Maxime D. is today accused of the serious violence committed in this same police station in July 2024 against Mario (1), a man of Peruvian nationality, as we revealed last week.
Push towards the street
On the afternoon of June 30, 2022, Virginie E. wished to file a complaint against RATP agents, who, according to her story, took her transport card without reason. The administrative agents responsible for reception believe that there is no offense and therefore refuse to interview him. Virginie E. takes offense and demands
