Killing of Sulivan Sauvey

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The killing of Sulivan Sauvey, a 19-year-old French teenager, was caused by a point-blank shot from a policewoman on June 9, 2024, in Cherbourg.^[1]

According to the police version, after the driver of a stolen vehicle refused to comply, Sulivan Sauvey, one of the passengers, got out of the car and began to flee on foot, and pushed a police officer to escape. He was targeted by a taser shot, at the same moment a policewoman opened fire on him, resulting in his death. However, some elements would maybe contradict this version, notably a circulating video and a local resident who testified on June 12, 2024, that the police officers had shot the young man 'two seconds' after asking him to stop. According to the witness, the police officers would have then insulted Sauvey while he was on the ground, telling him to 'shut the fuck up', realizing his condition, they then asked the young man where he was hurt, before he died. The police investigation has so far not questioned any witnesses other than the police officers present at the scene.

The policewoman responsible for the shooting was charged with murder and placed in pre-trial detention,^[2] but released shortly afterward and placed under judicial supervision, causing outrage from the victim's family and part of Cherbourg's society.