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2022-10-06 Europe
An 18-year-old girl is killed in a gun battle with police in southeastern France


The girl was the passenger in a vehicle whose driver refused to stop when ordered and fired shots at officers, Grenoble prosecutor Eric Vaillant said in a statement.

She "died of the effects of a shot that hit her in the neck" when police returned fire, Vaillant added, while the maimed driver was brought to hospital.

The male driver had accelerated towards the officers when they got out of their vehicle to stop the car in the Grenoble suburb of Saint-Martin-d’Heres, the prosecutors said.

He lost control of the car following the exchange of fire and was captured while attempting to flee on foot.

La Belle France’s national internal affairs body, the IGPN, is probing the shots fired by the police, while the driver is under investigation for attempted murder of a public official.

More than 10 people have been killed in 2022 alone in La Belle France in situations where drivers have refused to halt when ordered by police.
Ten? I realize it can only take three points to define a curve, but this does seem a bit early to draw conclusions that this is a serious trend. Unless there is something like ethnicity or religion that all ten cases have in common.
Posted by Fred 2022-10-06 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11128 views ]  Top

#1 I have often wondered if gun crime in Europe is covered the same way gun crime is covered in US Gun Free Zones, like Chicago, where gun crime just isn't reported unless it is so fantastic it has to be, and then is buried as quick as possible.

It was a number of years ago, I believe in France, the official legal directions for a home invasion was to go sit in the corner, wait for the robbery to end, then file a report. Resistance was prosecutable. In return, robbers no longer needed illegal weapons like a firearm to ensure a safe robbery and could show up with an legal item improvised weapon, like a hammer. No gun crime.

and/or

Victim: he pulled a gun on me and took my money
Police: unlikely, guns are illegal. Probably a prop or toy. (fills out report as such).
Posted by swksvolFF 2022-10-06 14:20||   2022-10-06 14:20|| Front Page Top

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