The Bobigny court on Thursday May 20 released a police officer who had publicly described as “Rapist” and “Convict” Adama Traoré, a young black man who died in 2016 after his arrest by gendarmes in Val-d’Oise.
In law, only legal heirs are legitimate to bring legal action for insult or defamation in memory of the dead, the court immediately recalled in its decision read at the hearing.
“Insufficient” documents
Or the policeman “Does not address (not) any heir to Adama Traoré” and could not assume that his remarks were filmed and would be disseminated, he felt, adding that the documents transmitted by the family of the young man who died at the age of 24 were “Insufficient” to establish their bond of heirs.
The court also ruled that“Also questionable” either the comments made by this 45-year-old civil servant with regard to ethics, “The intention to harm is not established”.
Present on the spot, Assa Traoré, emblem of the fight against police violence since the death of his brother, did not wish to comment on this decision immediately.
At the hearing on April 15, prosecutor Loïc Pageot questioned the admissibility of the complaint for these same reasons.
A suspended fine of € 1,000 was required
He had, however, requested a suspended fine of € 1,000 against the police officer, accusing him of not having “Not respected its duty of reserve”.
On July 22, 2017, this official working on the Ile-de-France rail network was attacked by half a dozen activists from the “Justice for Adama” collective while he was checking a passenger traveling without a ticket.
One of the activists, who was going to a white march in Beaumont-sur-Oise in memory of the young man, then asked him if he knew why she was on board. He replied in the affirmative, qualifying Adama Traoré as “Convict” and of “Rapist”.
The scene was broadcast on social networks
The scene, filmed, was broadcast on social networks.
In May 2016, a former fellow inmate filed a complaint against Adama Traoré for sexual assault. The investigation was closed without follow-up to the death of the young man and therefore did not rule on these accusations.
In March 2020, the Commission for Compensation for Victims of Offenses (CIVI) of Pontoise compensated this former co-inmate for the damage suffered. In its decision, however, it did not address the question of the author of the damage which it had repaired.
His family has always denied these accusations and brought charges against those who relayed them publicly.
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