A French police officer is under investigation after a video emerged showing him violently throwing a man to the ground in Carcassonne in southern France, days after a separate scandal involving recordings of officers in the city making racist, misogynistic and conspiracy-related remarks.
A judicial investigation was opened on Sunday for “intentional violence by a person vested with public authority.”
The footage, shared on social media by MP Thomas Portes, shows several police officers standing around before one walks up behind a young man and hurls him to the ground.
Once down, the man can be seen holding his head in his arms as other people…
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