According to the news in the French press, the Paris Prosecutor’s Office opened an investigation regarding the incident in which anti-reform demonstrators were threatened and insulted by the police, on the grounds of “violence perpetrated by persons with public authority” and “threats”.
The investigation will be conducted by the National Police Investigation Unit (IGPN), known in France as the “police of the cops”.
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Unauthorized demonstrations against the pension reform took place in Paris on March 20.
Loopsider, which is broadcasting online, published the audio recordings of the incident where a group of French police insulted, threatened and slapped 7 demonstrators during one of the demonstrations on Monday evening.
In the audio recordings, one policeman can be heard threatening to “hospitalize” the demonstrator and another policeman to deport a Chadian demonstrator from France.