A police officer was injured by a hit-and-run driver near Cannes on Saturday, June 27. She will be known to the police after her arrest.
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In one of the videos, plainclothes police officers check a car. Suddenly the driver suddenly reverses. The civil servant, still standing, falls to the ground. One of his colleagues opens fire. He shoots twice. The motorist manages to escape. A policeman cannot stand in the middle of the road. He is surrounded by a teammate and a passerby.
The scene took place in Le Cannet, in the Alpes-Maritimes, on Saturday, June 27. There was a man there who was met by a representative from France Télévisions. “Sir, he really didn’t feel well because he couldn’t get up, especially. And there were many passers-by looking around. Then there was the police who came from behind“, he says.
The driver was arrested later in the evening, according to the police union. She would already be known to the police and law enforcement agencies. “This is a woman who was recently released from prison. We see that she doesn’t hesitate. She backs up, hits the police car. Even though the cop is on the ground, she continues to drive in reverse, shifts forward again. We really see the determination of this woman in the car not to be intercepted.”– comments Jean-Luc Bragato, delegate of the Alliance of the Maritime Alpes.
According to the Minister of Internal Affairs, at least three refusals to comply were recorded in the country over the weekend.