The lawyers of Elie Domota, leader of the LKP collective (Liquidation Against Profit, “Collective against excessive exploitation”) opposed to the vaccination obligation, announced Thursday, January 6, to have filed a complaint for “Violence in meetings by a person holding public authority” during his arrest.
Elie Domota was arrested and placed in police custody for a few hours, during a demonstration against the health pass and the vaccination obligation, on December 30. He will appear in court on April 7.
In this complaint, obtained from Agence France-Presse (AFP), Elie Domota’s lawyers denounce “A violent, humiliating and iniquitous aggression on the part of the police”. The document also mentions “A trap” and the fact that the union leader was “Gassed in the face”.
“Elie Domota appears clearly targeted by the constabulary, he falls into a real ambush, he is jostled”, explains to AFP Sarah Aristide, lawyer of Mr. Domota. According to her, the 54-year-old would have been “Humiliated, arbitrarily arrested” and “Saw himself stuck in a procedure, while he was the victim”.
“Throwing stones”
Elie Domota was summoned to court on April 7 for “Willful violence against a person holding public authority without ITT [incapacité temporaire de travail] ».
“We are asking for the opening of a judicial investigation to identify each other, to see who did what, to put a name on the faces, to identify their degree of responsibility, because we are convinced that they have not acted spontaneously and disinterestedly in the climate we know “, denounces the lawyer.
On images from local television Canal 10, broadcast on social networks and deleted shortly after, Elie Domota appears on the day of the demonstration advancing on a road with other demonstrators grabbing barriers. The images show the police trying to stop their advance with tear gas canisters.
In the following images, demonstrators force their way through and Elie Domota appears on the ground, the gendarmes handcuffing him behind his back. A source within the gendarmerie then informed AFP that “Throwing stones” had caused the use of tear gas.