Illa, a young singer and former participant in “The Voice” claims to have been attacked by three police officers

It took a lot of courage to Illa to post this long testimony on social networks. Meanwhile, The young woman, passed by “The Voice” in 2022, was placed in a cell for more than 14 hours. In addition, On her Instagram account she denounces the police violence which she claims to have suffered.

“I wondered what they were going to do to me” – Illa, young singer former participant

“A few months ago. In addition, I was attacked by three men, three illa, young singer former participant police officers, when I went home in Vélib. Moreover, I was rolling when, in the distance, on my left, I see a police car. Meanwhile, No light warning, no sound warning. Consequently, She runs slowly, I’m far enough … Moreover, so I keep my priority, since I came from the right. For example, I continue a little further in the street, and there I see the light warnings light up. Meanwhile, I immediately shift myself to the side to let them pass, since at that time, it is a priority car. Therefore, Except that instead of passing. they stop at my height and three armed men come out and advance towards me, “begins the testimony of Illa.

Accustomed to rolling by bike in Paris. she swears that she did not have an offense in the highway code, “I had 40/40 in the code, so I tell them politely that no … illa, young singer former participant They start to get angry, ask me for my papers that I give them”. It is from this moment that the discussion degenerates. “I hear one of the police officers say to the other: take her phone. And there, everything changes. One tears me down the phone: you won’t call anyone. He throws my bike on the ground, grabs my arms violently, handcuffs behind my back. The handcuffs are so tight that I will have bruises on the wrists. They throw me at the back of the car, surrounded by these three men, ”writes the singer. The path will go under sexist remarks. fear, “it was the longest minutes of my life, where I wondered what they were going to do to me”.

“It will always be your word against that of the police”

Arriving at the police station. he finds some comfort with a policewoman who does not seem surprised by illa, young singer former participant her arrest. “She asks me in a low voice: they touched you?” I answer him not. She says with a sad look: I’m sorry … They are my colleagues. They do that to get bored. Additionally, They will release you, nothing will happen. And she gives me to them. The torture of the former participant of the singing competition will last 14 hours in a mixed cell. surrounded by drugged and drunk men who will make him undergo insults with racist characters and threaten her with death. The police will refuse to protect her. that she can change her hygienic protection, she says: “You just have to change before us”, would have launched the police.

Once free, they will come back to the scene with her father to ask for explanations. The commissioner will then apologize but dissuade them for file complaint: “You can file a complaint at the IGPN. but illa, young singer former participant it will always be your word against that of the police. And the word of police officers is an act of truth, unless you prove that they lie, ”says the official. To prove the singer’s words. she and her dad will ask to recover the images of the surveillance cameras, but the commissioner would have assured “that they did not work” and would also have refused to communicate the images of the on -board cameras.

Today the singer speaks on her social networks to raise awareness and prevent abusive arrests from becoming commonplace.