Overview

• Prosecutor Guirec Le Bras opened a judicial investigation into alleged voluntary violence by police against a 17-year-old in Garges-lès-Gonesse on July 14.
• Investigators are reviewing a social media video that shows the teen with a bleeding eyebrow and lip as part of the evidence.
• Deputy Carlos Martens Bilongo says four officers threatened the youth and carried out an unprovoked assault.
• A separate incident overnight July 15–16 saw about fifteen people set fire to an RATP bus in Garges-lès-Gonesse, with no confirmed link to the alleged beating.
• The probe intensifies scrutiny of suburban policing practices and may fuel calls for stronger accountability measures.