what are the gray areas surrounding the death of a young man on a motorcycle on the sidelines of police control?

What happened at the time of the accident?

The facts occurred Sunday, October 6, shortly before 17 hours, in the district of La Cerisaie, in Villiers-le-Bel. While carrying out a road check, the police see a young man arrive in a motocross bike at "high speed", indicates a statement from the prefecture, published a few hours after the accident. Theone of the police sketch "the gesture of slowing down, verbally enjoining the pilot to brake to prevent him from hitting the police or one of the police vehicles", Details the prefect. The statement added that Ibrahima climbs on the sidewalk, accelerates and loses control of his machine. He ends his race in a metal pole. Despite the cardiac massage practiced by the police and then the relief, the young man, from Sarcelles, died on his arrival at the hospital, around 18:30.

An official version disputed by the family of Ibrahima, based on the testimonies of residents who saw the scene. Questioned by The Parisian, dthe people posing as witnesses ensure that when the motorcycle arrived, a police truck blocked the road. Ibrahima would then have tried to avoid him by climbing on the sidewalk but "la motorcycle flew on the road, and he, in the pole ", recounts one of the witnesses in the Ile-de-France daily newspaper. According to the testimony of a motorist, who was behind the motorcycle, it crashed "a police van", reports Obs (paying article). This driver claims to have seen "the biker stealing from his bike" and be "projected towards the pole".

Was the bike stolen, as stated by the prefecture?

In its statement, the prefecture of Val-d'Oise ensures that Ibrahima's motocross bike, a Yamaha Y2 125, was "not approved". According to the first elements of the investigation, she had also been "reported stolen", according to the prefecture.

Ibrahima's family assures that the young man did not steal the two-wheelers. "It's not true, he's owned this bike for months, it's unbecoming to criminalize the victim like that.", rebelled the victim's big brother, at the World (paying article), during a tribute to Ibrahima which gathered a thousand people in Villiers-le-Bel, Monday, October 7. according to The ObsIbrahima was the owner of the bike. The weekly even reveals the certificate of assignment of two-wheelers.

If the bike belonged well to the young man, it could however be reported stolen "upstream of the transaction" carried out by Ibrahima, Explain The Parisian. The prosecutor's office in Pontoise on Thursday maintained the information that the bike was registered in the stolen vehicles file.

Has the prosecution delayed opening a judicial inquiry?

The opening of a judicial inquiry against X for "manslaughter" Pontoise's public prosecutor's office announced on Thursday "relatives of the victim who will become civil parties to have access to the documents of the proceedings "responded the Pontoise prosecutor, Eric Corbeaux. The family of Ibrahima had filed a complaint against X for "homicide voluntarily" from Monday, October 7, the day after the events. In particular, she will be able to consult the videos of the surveillance cameras that filmed the scene. "This will help calm the situation and bring transparency to this case", welcomed Jean-Louis Marsac, the mayor (DVG) of Villiers-le-Bel, in The Parisian.

But the opening of a judicial investigation is considered late by the relatives of Ibrahima. "A judge should have been seized from the beginning of the case", regrettedfamily lawyer, Yassine Bouzrou, on franceinfo. "Today, we are not satisfied. We regret that the Pontoise public prosecutor waited so long before seizing an independent judge. We lost precious time ", he added. The lawyer asked for the referral to the Inspectorate General of the National Police (IGPN), the police of the police.

At the tribute to Ibrahima on Monday, the family demanded the "truth" on this case. On Twitter, thousands of users have reacted with the hashtag #JusticePourIbrahima. The vagueness around this accident brings back similar memories. In 2007, two teenagers in the city, aged 15 and 16, died in the collision of their motorcycle with a police car. The event sparked urban riots and violent clashes with police.