After the death of a 33-year-old man, killed by police fire in Sevran, SOS Racisme regrets the political recovery and media treatment of this affair.
« The media and political attention on the death of this father of Haitian origin is not the result of an interrogation on the use of violence against black men in working-class neighborhoods “, is indignant SOS racism in a press release, following the death of a 33-year-old man, named Jean-Paul, in Sevran.
On Saturday (March 26), while checking a reported stolen van, law enforcement fire hit and killed the driver. Several nights of skirmishes followed in Sevran and neighboring towns.
The police officer responsible for the fatal shooting was taken into custody for “ intentional violence resulting in death without intention to give it “. This was declared by the prosecutor of Bobigny Eric Mathais, in a press release.
“media show”
On Tuesday (March 29), visiting a police station in Sevran, Eric Zemmour, candidate for the presidential election, declared: ” We will eradicate the scum as it was necessary to terrorize the terrorists ».
A formula, and a movement as a whole, which made people jump association against racism denouncing ” the unworthy media show to which Eric Zemmour gave himself up in the town of Sevran which he seems to have confused with one of the multiple scenes of his very redundant racist show ».
Last Saturday, Jean-Paul was killed in #Sevran by the shooting of a police officer currently in police custody for “intentional violence resulting in death”.
We denounce the media’s treatment of this affair and the unworthy behavior that Éric #Zemmour had in Sevran. ⤵️ (1.2) pic.twitter.com/jSslqGf72v– SOS Racism – #NonAuRacism (@SOS_Racism) March 31, 2022
Vigilance
Regarding the media treatment of this case, SOS Racism regrets that it is ” essentially focused on violence following death and not on death itself ».
At this stage of the investigation conducted by the General Inspectorate of the National Police (IGPN), the circumstances of the death of the victim remain unclear. The association indicates to remain vigilant as to the establishment of a credible version of the circumstances of the death of Jean-Paul ».
Saturday morning (April 2), a “white march”, departing from Aulnay-sous-Bois, is organized in memory of the victim.
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