BRAV-M police officers in “TPMP”? Investigation opened by the prefect of police, the justice seized

Media 01/04/2023 09:17 Updated on 01/04/2023 20:41

BRAV-M police officers in “TPMP”? Investigation opened by the prefect of police, the justice seized

Several hooded men were presented by Cyril Hanouna as members of Brav-M, this unit suspected of police violence during demonstrations against pension reform.

Par Maxime Birken with AFP

TELEVISION – “The first elements in our possession suggest that these people do not belong to the BRAV-M.“By a message posted on social networks, the Paris police headquarters has clearly undermined a sequence broadcast this Friday, March 31 in the issuance of Cyril Hanouna. To the point of announcing the opening of an internal investigation and referral to justice.

Do not touch My TV had chosen to give the floor to four members of the BRAV-M (Brigade for the repression of motorized violent action), at the heart of numerous debates on their methods of maintaining order during demonstrations against pension reform.

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But after the broadcast of the program on C8 on Friday evening, the Union of National Police Commissioners (SCPN) was the first to question the membership of these men in the unit in question, accusing TPMP of not to have “carried out the necessary checks to avoid making these usurping puppets talk».

In the process, the police headquarters announced the opening of several procedures. “The prefect of police opens an administrative investigation and seizes the prosecutor of the Republic of Paris. »

Faced with these accusations, the production of TPMP defended itself in the columns of the jeanmarcmorandini.com site: « Il y a […] two members of the Brav-M on the set, I can confirm it to you and it is a certainty »indicates a source on condition of anonymity, which adds: “I have in front of me the copies of police cards of all the people present on the set and two of them are indeed Brav-M, the other two, as has also been indicated, are police officers from the specialized law enforcement units. »

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The C8 channel, for its part, indicated to AFP this Saturday morning that it had “received four policemen. Of the four, one was revoked in December.. «It was clarified on air that not all of them were part of the Brav-M”the channel added.

Contacted by The ParisianLionel Stan, the editor of H20, the production company, does not see the problem: “We don’t have to fix it. What bothers is that the policeman was dismissed. But he testifies to his experience, and has a peaceful voice, without political ideology.he indicated, saying after reviewing the footage, that all precautions were taken. “We will come back to the episode on Monday, to re-explain the difference between the units, and talk about the subject again”he concludes.

Former trade unionist close to the extreme right

According to several sources familiar with the matter, the dismissed police officer, who appeared as the spokesperson on the set, was stationed in Seine-Saint-Denis when he was forced to leave the police. He was affiliated with the union FPIP (Independent Professional Federation of the National Police), classified on the extreme right.

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Journalists David Dufresne and Louis Witter spotted, in the wake of the show, that he boasted on social networks of having intervened on the set of TPMP, while he indicated that he had left the police there. several months.

Joined by Le Figarothis former policeman, Cédric Vladimir, assumes: “I carried the word of my colleagues and I did not hide it, I communicated, it is official. » Et d’ajouter : «The people who were with me were indeed policemen, some from Brav-M, others from specialized units. » With the Parisian, he reiterates: “All those who know me say that I am the most legitimate, because I have done a lot of policing and I can express myself, since I no longer have any duty of reserve. In private, the guys from Brav-M thank me,” he assures.

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The four men, however, were introduced by the show’s star host as “4 police officers members of the BRAV-M and special units“. Hooded face, black hood on the head and modified voice, they said they wanted to express themselves to explain the true nature of their work, with a well-honed speech.

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According to concordant sources close to the file contacted by AFP, none is actually a member of Brav-M. One is stationed in Yvelines, another in Val-de-Marne and the woman is in Seine-Saint-Denis. These three people are close to Cédric.

«We were really created to seek out the most radical and violent elements“, expressed one of them on the set. All equipped with an orange armband marked “policeon the arm, the supposed BRAV-M police officers dismissed the idea that the police had become increasingly violent, conversely “dthe clashes which have become more and more violent».

They also explained that the people they had to deal with in protests were “black bloc determined to kill (them)”. THE “black bloc are the demonstrators’ worst enemies and we are the demonstrators’ best friends”explained one of the guests of the show.

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Arcom, the media regulator, told AFP on Saturday morning that it had been “seized by viewers ». The authority, according to itsprocédure habituelle »va «view the sequence in question and instruct it if necessary ».

Contested in recent weeks, the BRAV-M and other police units are also the subject of at least 17 investigations for which the IGPN has been seized, in connection with the disputes against the pension reform text of the government.

A week before this visit to Cyril Hanouna, a damning recording for this mobile police unit had even been made public in the press. “These abuses are destructive for the national police institution” et “cast opprobrium on all the other services and police officers in the field who are exemplary”said Agnès Thibault-Lecuivre, director of the IGPN.

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