Toulouse: comment the employee of a convenience store tried to seize the machine gun of a police officer on patrol
Totally drunk, a 24-year-old woman, employed at the Carrefour express convenience store, Place Dupuy in Toulouse, was screaming at the entrance to her store. During his arrest, the police tried to snatch his submachine gun from one of the police officers. Narrative.
At Carrefour express place Dupuy, trade has resumed its rights. The manager is doing well despite the circumstances. He had to manage a particularly delicate situation. They go back to Monday, it’s about 8 p.m. A group of policemen was on patrol around the Halle aux Grains. They are alerted by a witness that a visibly drunk woman is making a hell of a fuss in the square. She screams, annoying passers-by. It is actually the wife of the manager of the convenience store, employed in this store. Police officials repeatedly ask him to calm down and go back to his business. She refuses. Her husband who has just arrived tries to reason with her. Without success.
She goes into a mad rage, potentiated by her alcohol level (1.44 g). The police have no choice but to arrest him. At one point, things take a particularly dangerous turn. The 24-year-old woman tries to strangle an official. She is put on the ground but in a crazy gesture, she tries to grab the latter’s machine gun! Fortunately, the police officer has the situation under control. His weapon is in “safe” mode. No accidental shots can go off. In this moment of confusion, this woman, mother of two children, managed to tear off the magazine of the weapon. She was taken to a drunk tank and then, when her state of health allowed, heard by the investigators while in police custody. Questioned on the spot, her husband, very affected by the situation, had only been able to talk very briefly with his company. He wondered what legal consequences would result from this altercation of his wife with the police. It will be up to the Toulouse public prosecutor’s office to decide on the criminal response to this act of violence against representatives of public authority.