Manuel Bompard

Manuel Bompard

Role at the time: Member of the National Assembly, La France insoumise–Nouveau Front Populaire group

Statement summary

Bompard opposed the proposal, arguing that it would shift the evidentiary burden to victims and prevent an automatic investigation after a death caused by police gunfire.

“It will no longer be up to the person who fired to prove that they acted in self-defense, but up to the victim to prove that the shot did not comply with the law. France would then become a country where a death by police gunfire would not trigger any automatic investigation. (Translated from French. Original: Ce ne sera plus à l’auteur du tir d’apporter la preuve qu’il a agi en état de légitime défense, mais à la victime de prouver que ce tir n’était pas conforme à la loi. La France deviendrait dès lors un pays où une mort par tir policier ne donnerait lieu à aucune enquête automatique.)”