Martine, 60, benefited from a suspension of the pronouncement before the Liège Criminal Court for having committed contempt of officials. Martine is not the kind of lady you usually see prosecuted in court. Indeed, she is a sexagenarian from a good family and who lives in the chic districts located above Liège. Despite her respectable age, she is completely unknown to the police and even more to the justice system.
She is far from being a delinquent. Despite everything, on the evening of March 29, 2019, she lost her calm in front of the police … She did not appreciate that her husband was fined after being spotted when he was badly parked. She asked the police if they had nothing else to do but piss them off… “We were going out of the cinema with my husband“, said Martine.”We returned to the car. We were bothered by drug addicts, but there was no one there.“According to Martine’s husband, the vehicle did not interfere with traffic.
In fact, unidentified people had moved poles that the police then put back. “It’s proof that they weren’t there“, said Martine.”So there they decided to control the whole car.”
An initiative that she did not appreciate. “They were overzealous. It was an abuse of power. We are peaceful citizens. We are not terrorists or serious criminals. It was an abuse of power. When you are bothered by drug addicts, there is no one there, but there were six police officers. I don’t like to say that kind of thing because it’s taboo.“Martine got angry.”It’s true that I asked the agent if he was going to stop pissing us off. It is not the most chastised term in the French language, but he told me, you darling, shut up! In her minutes, it became: Thank you my dear friend.“The court considered that Martine had outraged the police.
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