police attacked after urban rodeo, officer injured in the face
The facts occurred in Bron this Thursday afternoon.
It was around 4 p.m. when a national police crew wanted to check a young man who was riding without a helmet and without a license plate on a scooter, while slaloming on the road and running through red lights.
But the scooter refused to stop and validated a chase over several kilometers according to News17 (information site specializing in police affairs). The suspect fell a few moments later before fleeing again, this time on foot.
A policeman who was running after having managed to intercept the 16-year-old teenager on rue Paul-Pic. The latter rebelled and managed to bring down an agent whose head hit a metal barrier.
All this commotion has many other young people, about twenty according to News17. They had come to prevent their friend from being arrested. The bellicose individuals then threw stones and glass bottles at the police.
The officials then responded with tear gas and an LBD shot to take the scooter driver to the company vehicle. As his right arch bled, the injured officer was taken to hospital and five stitches were needed to treat him.
The man in blue filed a complaint and a five-day ITT was issued to him. Material damage is also to be deplored, in particular on the back of the police car which received numerous projectiles.
The teenager has meanwhile confessed to the facts and will soon be presented to the juvenile judge.
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