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A 43-year-old police officer was sentenced to six months of suspended prison and a one-year ban from working on public roads for violently throwing a man in a state of intoxication to the ground during an intervention in Carcassonne on June 21. The 29-year-old victim died thirteen days later, but the autopsy found no link between the incident and the death. The police officer admitted to the action but denied intending the consequences. The court ruled that the voluntary violence was constituted, but rejected the prosecution's request for a three-year ban from working with immediate effect.
The police officer explained that he threw the man to the ground because he believed he was going to harm a municipal policewoman. The president of the court emphasized that the victim was heavily intoxicated and that the other police officers did not feel in danger. The police officer acknowledged a violent gesture but claimed his intention was simply to move the man.
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