Current Events > Man lost testicle after clashes with police in France

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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jan/23/france-protests-retirement-age-pension-reform-man-loses-testicle-clashes-with-police

The 26-year-old, identified in the French press as an engineer, said he was knocked to the ground, allegedly by an officer, while taking photos during a confrontation between demonstrators and police. Another officer charged at him and allegedly planted his club in the mans groin.
Lawyer Lucie Simon said she was filing a complaint on behalf of her client for voluntary violence that led to mutilation by a person vested with public authority.
It was such a strong blow that he had to have a testicle amputated, she said, adding that the engineer was still in hospital.
This is not a case of self-defence or necessity. The proof is in the images we have and the fact that he was then not arrested.
The engineer, who lives on the French Caribbean island of Guadeloupe, is still in shock and keeps asking why he was wounded, the lawyer added.
Paris Police Chief Laurent Nunez ordered an inquiry into the exact circumstances of the incident as outrage grew over what appeared to be a case of excessive force from French police, a longstanding complaint.
The man told the Libration newspaper he was suing so that this stops, because Im not the first person to be subjected to violence by police.
Government spokesperson Olivier Veran told a local broadcaster that he felt empathy for the young man.
But he stressed the need to understand the conditions in which this intervention occurred.

That's messed up

what's French for "ow, by balls!"?

Sackre blue!