The police officer involved in the accident having cost the 14 -year -old Lausannoise life on Monday evening was already implicated in another sensitive case. This biker of the municipal police is indeed among the defendants of the trial on the death of Mike Ben Peter, this Nigerian who died in 2018 during an arrest in Lausanne, reports the “24 hours”. At the time, the agent had handcuffed the man after a muscular arrest. The ventral tackle technique had been strongly criticized. Acquitled in first and second bodies with five colleagues, the agent is still awaiting the decision of the Federal Court.
This revelation throws a new light on the drama last Monday. The emotion is lively, just like controversy. The elected green Ilias Panchard requires that the prosecution immediately resume the investigation, today in the hands of the Lausanne police accident group. He also claims the civil servant’s suspension. “We would therefore entrust the investigation to the municipal police when one of his agents is involved and that he is already prosecuted in a serious case. Police management is working on the head, ”he denounces in the Vaudois daily life, demanding transparency and justice for the young victim.
