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.