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French police officers acquitted of 2005 teen deaths
The two officers were accused of failing to help two boys who fled from them into a power substation near Paris in 2005, sparking weeks of riots.
French police officers stand trial for 2005 teen deaths
The two officers are accused of failing to save two boys fleeing them who were electrocuted in a power substation, prompting nationwide riots.
Police officers to stand trial over deaths that led to French riots of 2005
On October 27th, 2005, two police officers chased three teenagers into an electricity sub-station in a Parisian suburb where two of them died after being electrocuted. Their deaths provoked major riots around Paris and across France. Nearly eight years later a French court has ruled that the two officers should stand trial, on charges of failing to provide assistance to persons in danger. Mediapart's legal affairs correspondent Michel Deléan reports on the complex background to this high-profile case.
French appeals court reopens investigation into Clichy-sous-Bois deaths
A decision to drop legal proceedings against two policemen accused of failing to attempt to prevent the fatal electrocution near Paris of two teenage boys they were trying to arrest – an incident which sparked nationwide riots – was overturned on Wednesday by France’s highest appeals court. The landmark ruling, seven years after the events, now opens up the path for a trial of the officers in what is a politically and socially highly-charged case, regarded by many as symbolic of the critical tensions between police and young populations in France’s suburban sink estate zones. Michel Deléan reports.