Overview
- The Paris prosecutor’s office tasked the IGPN after a video showed three officers striking a man with a baton, punching him, and pulling his hair while insults were heard.
- The Interior Ministry has asked the Paris police prefecture to open an administrative inquiry, with an intervention unit from the DOPC preliminarily identified by Le Parisien as involved.
- The prosecutor said the incident possibly occurred on January 19 near rue Bichat in the 10th arrondissement, but the date, location, and identities remain unconfirmed.
- The footage was relayed by the Instagram account Cerveaux Non Disponibles and had surpassed 400,000 views by Thursday evening, according to local reporting.
- The case draws heightened attention as a separate judicial inquiry examines the recent in-custody death of El Hacen Diarra at a Paris police station.