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Three BRAV-M Officers Receive Suspended Sentences for Paris Protest Violence

The court imposed tougher penalties after a 23-minute audio recording revealed officers’ threats during the crackdown.

Trois policiers de la Brav-M, reconnus coupables de violences et menaces à l’encontre de manifestants en mars 2023 ont été condamnés à des peines allant jusqu’à un an de prison avec sursis, le 10 juillet 2025. (Ici : intervention policière lors d’une manifestation contre la réforme des retraites, le 23 mars 2023)
Présence des Brav-M lors de la manifestation du 1er Mai 2023, à Paris.
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Overview

  • On July 10, 2025, the Bobigny tribunal convicted three BRAV-M officers of violence and menacing conduct at a March 2023 Paris protest, sentencing them to up to one year in prison with suspension and temporary bans on police duties.
  • Judge Youssef Badr noted that the penalties exceeded the prosecution’s requests and underscored a growing trend of harsher judicial responses in police brutality cases.
  • A secretly made 23-minute recording captured officers threatening to break detainees’ limbs and mocking Chadian student Souleyman Adoum Souleyman, whose testimony was pivotal to the verdict.
  • Civil rights groups SOS Racisme, Ligue des droits de l’Homme and MRAP joined as civil parties to strengthen calls for accountability in specialized riot-control units.
  • This ruling is part of a series of trials targeting alleged brutality by BRAV-M and other police units, reflecting growing demands for transparency and reform in French law enforcement.