The minister of the Interior stated that Amar Benmohamed was to be the object of sanctions for having denounced his colleagues “with delay”.
This is a common request to the attention of Gérald Darmanin : five personalities have asked for this Thursday the minister of the Interior Gérald Darmanin of “respect” and “support” the “whistleblower,” Amar Benmohamed, a brigadier-chef who accused police officers of “racism” and “abuse” the judicial court of Paris.
“Mr Amar Benmohamed, taking the word, therefore, has fully complied with the law. He has chosen to place himself above his career interests are the core values of our Republic. He would have had to immediately receive the support and protection of his minister,” say in a column published on the website Streetpress the historian Patrick Weil, the lawyer William Bourdon, the co-chair of the house of whistleblowers Nadège Buquet, the professor of public law Paul Cassia and the whistleblower of the Luxleaks Antoine Deltour.
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In an article also published on the information website Streetpress Monday, brigadier-chef says, “a little over two years, more than a thousand defendants were mistreated” at the filing in court by a group of police officers between 2017 and 2019. The parquet de Paris on Tuesday launched an investigation for “abuse” and “insult”.
Penalties for whistleblower, “with delay”
Interviewed by the law commission of the national Assembly on Tuesday, the minister of the Interior stated that Amar Benmohamed had, as four other police officials referred to by his charges, be subject to sanctions. According to Gérald Darmanin, it is “somewhat criticized” the brigadier-in-chief of having denounced his fellow “late”.
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For the five signatories of the tribune, Amar Benmohamed has had “a lot of courage” to do his reporting for which he would now “threats” and “harassment”.
“Everyone can imagine today how the professional situation of Amar Benmohamed is difficult if it does not receive the support of his minister,” they stress, is called therefore “surprised” about Gérald Darmanin before the commission of laws.
