A Broken Gendarme: How Better to Fight Against Urban Rodeos?

A suspect surrendered himself Saturday morning to the Nancy police station. He is suspected of "trying to murder a member of the national gendarmerie", according to the prosecutor's office.

A young gendarmerie suffered multiple fractures in his leg, after being hit by a biker to whom he signaled to stop, said this Saturday, 17 May, the gendarmerie of Meurthe-et-Moselle. The suspect is on the run.

The Nancy Public Prosecutor's Office opened an investigation for attempted murder. The man who was having fun with his two-wheeler deliberately struck a gendarme. He fled before surrendering and was placed in police custody. In the case of urban rodeos, the French doctrine limits the direct intervention of the police forces to protect both officers, drivers and residents. The police officers and gendarmes prefer the search for information to int…

The incident occurred near Nancy when a young gendarme signaled a motorcycle individual to stop and in reaction, "the biker deliberately struck the gendarme" before leaving the scene.

A young gendarme from Neuves-Maisons was hit on Friday night by a biker who allegedly burned a fire and refused to stop. The soldier was seriously injured and hospitalized. The two-wheeler pilot delivered himself to the police the next day in the late morning. His motorcycle cross remains unobtainable.

A gendarme was struck voluntarily by a motorcyclist on 16 May 2025, following a refusal to comply, near Nancy. The soldier suffered from fractures in his leg. He was operated at the hospital in Nancy. The events occurred in Neuves-Maisons, a commune of 6,500 inhabitants, at around 9:30 p.m. The gendarme wished to stop a solid urban rodeo. He then signaled to the biker, who had just grilled a red light, to stop. In response, "the biker deliberate…