documentary
There's a war going on outside.
Γίνεται πόλεμος εκει έξω. Et dehors, une guerre est en cours.
Νίκος Σαμπάνης, Chris Kaba, Ibrahima Bah.
Athens, Paris, London.
Three metropoles
Three racist killings by police officers.
The Nikos Sabanis case
The Ibrahima Bah case
The Chris Kaba case
Nikos Sabanis, 18 years old, was killed by the Greek police on October 22, 2021 in Perama, in West Athens. Officers of the DIAS motorized unit pursued the stolen car, in which Nikos was a passenger, against clear orders from police headquarters no to engage in a car chase. After the vehicle was immobilized, the policemen fired 38 bullets. In the audio recordings of the chase, which have been released immediately after the killing, racist/romaphobic language was used by the policemen.
Ibrahima Bah, 19 years old, died during a traffic control in Villiers-le-Bel (95) in northern Paris. Eyewitnesses report that the police vehicle tried to ram the motorbike Ibrahima was riding. He was forced to make a dangerous manoeuvre, which resulted in him crashing into an adjacent pole and losing his life. A nearby camera seems to have captured the entire incident, however, till date the video has not been released to the public.
Chris Kaba, 24 years old, was killed on 5 September 2022 after being shot with a single shot in the head by a police officer in Streatham Hill, south London. The car, driven by Chris, had been flagged by an automatic number plate recognition camera as a vehicle linked to a firearms incident in the previous days. No firearms were found in the vehicle or at the scene, apart from those of the police.
