Vice World News: French Cops Charged After Video of Black Music Producer Being Beaten Goes Viral
Nov. 30, 2020
PARIS – Four police officers are under investigation after video footage showing a Black music producer being beaten in his Paris studio was published, just days after images of police violently evacuating a refugee camp sparked widespread outrage across the country.
In the CCTV footage, which was released in an explosive report by digital news site Loopsider last Thursday, three police officers are seen entering Michel Zecler’s studio, throwing dozens of hard punches to Zecler’s head, kicks to the body, holding him in strangleholds and striking him with a truncheon for about five minutes.
Zecler alleges that during the beating, police repeatedly uttered racial slurs. The CCTV footage didn’t capture audio recordings, and police deny the claims.
