Comedian Amine Radi Denies Multiple Accounts of Traffic Stop Incident

"100,000 versions in 24 hours. Apparently, I was without a seatbelt, in a prohibited area, ran a red light, did not respect the roundabout, with a bottle of water in my hand, and I was shouting: I’m a comedian, I can do what I want," Amine Radi just posted on Instagram, in addition to a multitude of similar posts, such as "Wallah, it’s a sketch!"

The reason is the multiplication of theories about what happened to him. Several media have indeed claimed that Radi committed several traffic violations and that the police officer did not attack him before the start of the Live. And that if the latter got carried away, it was only to prevent him from filming him.

In this regard, Medias24 looked into the question "Do we have the right to film a police officer who assaults us?" and according to a lawyer questioned by the media, it turns out that yes, for several reasons, including the freedom of evidence in criminal matters and the need for proportionality in the use of violence by an authority agent to the seriousness of the assault. According to Medias24: "the fact of filming a police officer on the public highway does not in itself constitute an offense, especially when it is a matter of gathering evidence of an offense committed by the latter. Before the criminal justice system, a video can constitute evidence because in criminal matters, the evidence is free".

Several media even claimed that Radi risked a lot, talking about an attack on an authority agent in the exercise of his duties, publication of false allegations damaging to an institution and non-compliance with the highway code.

For his part, Amine Radi gave his version of the facts during an interview with Febrayer: "there was neither a red light, nor a roundabout, nor anything, I was driving with other cars. A policeman appeared at the side of the road and said exactly to me: ’stop, you donkey’". Amine Radi would then have asked the agent: "what’s the problem?". And, according to the latter, the trouble began...

Furthermore, it should be noted that Radi withdrew his complaint against the agent, saying in the interview: "I don’t gain anything from him being severely punished". And also stating that he wishes to definitively turn this page: "I made this video to close this subject for life".