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In July 2017, a second opinion confirmed a death by asphyxiation of the 24-year-old man. New medical findings to shed light on the causes were postponed until the end of September.
July 19, 2016. It is 7:05 pm when the Samu doctor declares Adama Traoré dead in the gendarmerie court of Persan (Val-d Oise). A few hours earlier, this young man who had just turned 24 was arrested in Beaumont-sur-Oise, after being thrown to the ground by gendarmes who had apprehended him after a chase. The news of his death had led to five nights of violence in his town of Beaumont-sur-Oise (Val-d'Oise) and the surrounding area.
Two years after the tragedy, Thursday, July 19, the Traore family still denounces a police burr and claims all the light on the death of the young man. Franceinfo reviews the latest developments in the survey
The results of the new medical report postponed to September 30
The latest medical report, made at the request of the family, dates back to July 2017. It confirmed that Adama Traoré died by asphyxiation, as already indicated by the two previous tests carried out in July 2016. But, unlike the first two, the last expert report dismisses the existence of "infectious lesions" mentioned in the very first autopsy and put forward by the authorities at the time to explain the death of the 24-year-old man.
Adama Traoré suffered from cardiomyopathy, a cardiac anomaly that could have expose to a quick death? The latest report explains that this hypothesis "can not be accepted with certainty" . To shed light on the causes of asphyxiation, and this subject in particular, the examining magistrate in charge of the case entrusted a medical expert's report to four doctors on January 18.
This report, eagerly awaited by the victim's family, was expected to be returned in mid-July. But, according to a source close to the survey contacted by Franceinfo, the deadline for the return of this document has been postponed to 30 September at the request of medical experts.
A reconstruction of the facts expected by the relatives of the victim
In an order dated April 18, of which Le Parisien echoed on May 8, the examining magistrate in charge of the case indicated that she would consider a reconstitution of the facts, requested by the young man's family. According to our information, this has not yet been organized.
If it were to take place, this reconstruction should allow to know more about the arrest of Adama Traore. Three gendarmes practiced a ventral veneer on the young man, which would have, according to his relatives, caused chest compression causing his asphyxiation.
"The gendarmes testify themselves, they said that Adam was crushed by the body of three of them " told franceinfo in July 2017 Assa Traoré, sister of the victim.
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This reconstitution could also make it possible to clarify the attitude of the police forces vis-à-vis Adama Traoré during the journey to the gendarmerie, as well as to their arrival at the post office. A firefighter said he found the young man, who was uncomfortable, face down when he arrived at the site where he died. A version that contradicts that of the gendarmes according to which the victim had been placed in a lateral security position.
The family sends an open letter to Emmanuel Macron and Nicole Belloubet
In an open letter addressed to Emmanuel Macron and the Minister of Justice, Nicole Belloubet, published by The Obs Wednesday, July 18, Assa Traoré once again claims that all the light is shed on the death of his brother.
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In this text, it castigates the attitude of the gendarmes who "arrogated to themselves the right to deliver [son] brother to death, suffocating him, not helping him, watching him die handcuffed on the ground, at their feet ". Recalling that her family became a civil party in this case, she claims that the members of the police are "at least heard" by the courts.
Assa Traoré égrène then a list of questions still to be clarified: "How Adama was thrown to the ground? (…) Why Adama was taken to the gendarmerie rather than to the hospital? Why Adama was unconscious at the end of Why did the rescuers find him on the ground, handcuffed, how is he dead before their eyes? " And again challenges the public authorities: "The life of Adama Traoré, a French citizen, was worth no less than another.His death deserves answers."
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