Police Officer and LGBT+ Leader Hospitalized After Violent Attack in Paris
Pierre Picavet was hospitalized with internal bleeding and a head wound after the attack, and prosecutors said the suspect was intoxicated and had no record.
- In the early hours of Saturday, Pierre Picavet, a police officer and president of FLAG!, was assaulted outside a bar in Paris's Marais district, sustaining internal bleeding and a head wound.
- Authorities detained an intoxicated suspect born in 2006 who repeatedly directed a homophobic slur at Picavet during the assault, ignoring the victim's police identification.
- Paris Mayor Emmanuel Gregoire condemned what he called "this despicable homophobic attack," vowing on X that "we will never surrender our streets to hatred." STOP Homophobie shared photographs of Picavet's injuries.
- The suspect is scheduled to appear in court on Monday for an immediate trial regarding the assault that occurred in the historic Marais district.
- Picavet told France Inter on Monday that he will "continue the fight" once healed, noting the attack proves "there is still work to do" after his 18 months leading FLAG!.
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French police officer and LGBTQ rights campaigner Pierre Picavet has vowed to continue fighting discrimination after he was violently attacked outside a bar in Paris this weekend. The suspect of what Paris mayor has described as a "despicable" attack appears in court on Monday.
The president of the LGBT+ association of police officers and judicial officials was seriously injured on the night of Friday to Saturday in Paris, an attack condemned by several elected officials.
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"I am particularly shocked, but it lets me say that there is still work to be done," explains Pierre Picavet, Monday on France Inter. FLAG!'s president was the victim of a homophobic attack in Paris.
The assault occurred shortly before 4 a.m. on Saturday at the exit of a bar in the Marais district. The Paris Public Prosecutor's Office stated that the alleged perpetrator of the beatings, with a blank criminal record, was born in 2006, and was alcoholized at the time of the incident.
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