Gérald Darmanin announces opening of an investigation into reception of victims of sexual violence at police station

The Central Commissioner had been implicated in a series of tweets published by Anna Toumazoff at the end of September. In this police station, “Victims of rape is asked if they enjoyed,” said the feminist activist.

Le Monde with AFP

Two weeks after the appearance of the hashtag #doublepeine, denouncing the misconduct for victims of sexual aggression in the police and gendarmerie, the Minister of the Interior, Gérald Darmanin, announced Tuesday, October 12 before members the opening of a survey on the reception of victims of sexual violence at the Office of Montpellier.

“We have come back to us that questions would have been asked that have nothing to do with the fact that there was a victim of sexual assault, he justified. I asked (…) To the new DCSP [Central Public Safety Directorate] to see what happened. We will benefit all the consequences. But, I am like everyone else, I do it only once I have clear and precise bases. “

The Office of Montpellier had been the first to be questioned in a series of tweets published by the feminist activist Anna Toumazoff at the end of September . “Victims of rape is asked if they enjoyed”, “we explain to the victims of rape that a person who drank is necessarily consenting”, “we refuse to receive victims of rape because of their outfit”, explained “, She.

“Seven out of ten women who are a complaint tell bullshit”

These tweets had aroused a wave of testimonials on many other French commissioners, gathered under the word # doublepeine . “If we stop all the bad fuckers, we would not go away”, “it must just be a quick blow that you were not very proud”, “anyway, seven out of ten women who complain about bullshit “, can we read on the site doublepeine.fr , who brings together testimonials.

At first, the prefect of the Hérault, Hugues Moutouh, had published a communiqué condemning “with firmness the defamatory remarks held recently on social networks”, adding that, “facing this new public attack irrelevant, the Ministry of the Interior reserves the possibility of acting in court “.

In addition to this announcement of the opening of a survey, Darmanin announced that the Ministry of the Interior would test a device that will allow the police to collect at others the complaint of victims of domestic violence. Wishing not, by “fear”, go to a police station. The list of departments concerned by the experiment will be determined “in the coming days,” said the entourage of the minister.

The complaint deposit at the hospital, set up in the framework of the Grenelle des Violence Violence, is already experienced and must be extended soon to the entire territory.

/Media reports.