Pandemonium in France as a black
youth worker named Theo was said to have been allegedly attacked s3xually by a
French policeman with a baton in Aulnay-sous-Bos.
According to sources, the
22-year-old Theo got arrested in one of the estates called ‘3000 estate’ in the
northeast district of Paris, after a group was arrested. The victim, identified
as a 22-year-old man named Theo, was arrested on Thursday during a raid.
The policeman during the process
‘attempted to arrest a 22-year-old man’, and when he resisted arrest, teargas was
used on him and ‘one of them used an expandable baton’, as reported by the
prosecutor’s office.
The cruel act resulted into
serious injuries which also affected his rectum in such a way that required him
to undergo a significant surgery. During investigation, the doctor handling his
case discovered Theo had suffered ‘a longitudinal wound in the anal canal’ and
‘a section of the sphincter muscle’. He would remain in hospital on 60-day
medical leave.
An edited video clip which shows
details of the crime was also posted online, though the areas which covered the
suspected rape was deleted.
The victim while testifying of
his ordeal to his legal counsel stated how ‘violent’ identity check officer
ripped off his bag and continued to beat him up.
“I didn’t try to run away. I told
the officers: ‘You’ve torn my bag’, to which they replied that they didn’t give
a damn. They all tried to grab me. I asked them why they were doing this, but
they just continued to throw insults at me.
He told me to put my hands behind
my back. They put handcuffs on me and then they told me to sit down. They
sprayed tear gas in my face and then I had an ephemeral pain in my buttocks. My
trousers were lowered. I was in serious pain.”
“This is a horrific, violent,
racist, sexual violence by French police against a black man”. #JusticePourTheo
The actions of these police
officers sparked off several demonstrations in Aulnay-sous-Bois, with
inscriptions saying “Just for Theo” on their shirts and banners.
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