Violences policières : en Seine-Saint-Denis, comment une opération de police a viré au chaos - Summary

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The text is a transcript of a video report that investigates a police operation in Villemomble, France, in 2013, that left several injured, including a mother who lost her eye. The report uses video footage and testimonies to show how the police used excessive and illegal force against the residents of the neighborhood, and how they invoked self-defense and state of necessity to justify their actions. The report also exposes the contradictions and inaccuracies in the police statements, and the difficulties in holding them accountable. The report ends with the verdict of the trial in 2020, where the two brothers who were arrested and beaten by the police were partially convicted, while the three policemen prosecuted were acquitted. The report also mentions the death of the mother in 2019, before the end of the procedure, and the lack of trust in the police among the residents.

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1. On June 25, 2013, a police intervention in Villemomble, Seine-Saint-Denis, left several people injured.
2. A 54-year-old mother, Fatouma Kebe, lost the use of one eye during the incident.
3. Mohamed Kebe, her son, was injured in the ear by a shot from an LBD 40.
4. The incident was filmed by several neighbors, who collected over 35 minutes of footage.
5. Seven years later, in March 2020, the court delivered its verdict.
6. The two police officers accused of willful violence were acquitted.
7. The officials were found guilty of violence but acquitted for the benefit of self-defense.
8. Makan Kebe, Mohamed's brother, was arrested and taken to the Bobigny police station.
9. Mohamed Kebe was shot in the head by Officer C with an LBD 40.
10. The firing of the LBD 40 was not justified, as Mohamed Kebe was not a threat to the officers.
11. Fatouma Kebe was hit in the eye by a rubber stud from a GMD-type de-encircling grenade.
12. The use of the grenade was not justified, as there was no encirclement or attack by violent or armed groups.
13. The police officers invoked self-defense to justify the use of force, but the images show that they were not surrounded or threatened.
14. The Kebe brothers were prosecuted for willful violence against police officers.
15. Makan Kebe was definitively exonerated, while Mohamed Kebe was convicted of rebellion and contempt but exempted from punishment.
16. The three policemen prosecuted were acquitted, citing self-defense and state of necessity.
17. Fatouma Kebe died in 2019 before the end of the procedure.
18. Two police officers received a reprimand from their administration, which was automatically erased after three years.