French policing under scrutiny as student protest injuries mount
The officer was placed under judicial control and banned from working after prosecutors said the grenade was fired at close range.
- On October 6, a French policeman was charged with violent mutilation after firing a tear gas grenade at 14-year-old Eden in Saint-Ouen-l, shattering his jaw and teeth during high school protests.
- Nationwide high school protests demanding increased school funding have snowballed since mid-September, prompting police to make more than 6,500 arrests, mostly of young people, including 488 detained during recent demonstrations.
- Authorities have opened 18 investigations into suspected police misconduct; other injuries include a 15-year-old in Lens who lost a hand and a 16-year-old in Tours partially blinded by police weapons.
- Amid growing outcry, Interior Minister Laurent Nunez announced Wednesday that the stun grenade model suspected of mutilating the teenager in Lens will no longer be used against high schoolers.
- Beyond physical wounds, the crackdown is giving French schoolchildren a real-life education about state power and their rights; attorney Alexis Baudelin noted it "politicizes you at an incredible speed.
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France faces scrutiny over police response to student protests
A 14-year-old student, Eden, suffered a broken jaw and multiple broken teeth after being struck in the face by a tear gas canister fired at close range by a police officer during student protests...
French policing under scrutiny as student protest injuries mount
Fourteen-year-old Eden suffered a broken jaw and multiple smashed teeth when he was struck by a tear gas canister directed towards him at close range by a police officer last week during student protests in France, his parents and family lawyer said.
On September 28, 14-year-old Eden suffered a fractured jaw and most of his teath after he was struck in the face by a ear-gas grenade fired at close range, just a few meters from his high school, where a protest was taking place. Students, teachers and parents spoke of their felt, anger and sense of helplessness.
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Independent EspañolPARIS (AP) — The police tear gas grenade smashed the jaw and many of the teeth of the 14-year-old teenager. The officer who shot her was arrested a week later and charged with violent mutilation.
Gruesome injuries throw spotlight on France’s policing of high school protests – WTOP News
PARIS (AP) — The police tear gas grenade shattered the 14-year-old’s jaw and many of his teeth. The officer who fired it was taken into custody a week later and charged with violent mutilation, punishable by up to 15 years in prison. Following surgery, the boy cannot speak and can only eat with a straw,...
Gruesome injuries throw spotlight on France's policing of high sc
PARIS (AP) — The police tear gas grenade shattered the 14-year-old’s jaw and many of his teeth. The officer who fired it was taken into custody a week later and charged with violent mutilation, punishable by up
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