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== Victim ==

'''Nahel Merzouk''' ({{IPA|fr|naɛl mɛʁzuk}}; {{lang-langx|ar|نايل مرزوق}}) was a 17-year-old enrolled at the Lycée Louis-Blériot in [[Suresnes]], where he attended classes for six months before dropping out and working as a pizza delivery driver in Nanterre.<ref>{{Cite web |first=Cyril |last=Brioulet |date=28 June 2023 |url=https://www.ladepeche.fr/2023/06/28/nahel-tue-a-nanterre-par-un-policier-livreur-de-pizzas-joueur-de-rugby-sans-casier-qui-etait-ladolescent-11307071.php |title=Nahel, tué à Nanterre par un policier : joueur de rugby, livreur de pizzas, sans casier... qui était l'adolescent? |trans-title=Nahel, killed in Nanterre by a policeman: rugby player, pizza delivery man, no record... who was the teenager? |website=[[La Dépêche du Midi]] |language=fr |access-date=1 July 2023 |archive-date=29 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230629183313/https://www.ladepeche.fr/2023/06/28/nahel-tue-a-nanterre-par-un-policier-livreur-de-pizzas-joueur-de-rugby-sans-casier-qui-etait-ladolescent-11307071.php |url-status=live}}</ref> He did not have a driving license allowing him to drive the rented Mercedes he died in.<ref>{{Cite web |date=28 June 2023 |title=Rugby, livreur, justice…: qui était Nahel, 17 ans, tué par un policier mardi à Nanterre |url=https://www.lavoixdunord.fr/1345932/article/2023-06-28/rugby-livreur-justice-qui-etait-nael-17-ans-tue-par-un-policier-mardi-nanterre |access-date=30 June 2023 |website=[[La Voix du Nord (daily)|La Voix du Nord]] |language=fr |archive-date=29 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230629010447/https://www.lavoixdunord.fr/1345932/article/2023-06-28/rugby-livreur-justice-qui-etait-nael-17-ans-tue-par-un-policier-mardi-nanterre |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Lepoivre |first=Ambre |title=Refus d'obtempérer, conduite sans permis, stupéfiants: Nahel était connu au fichier des antécédents judiciaires |url=https://www.lefigaro.fr/faits-divers/refus-d-obtemperer-conduite-sans-permis-stupefiants-l-adolescent-tue-a-nanterre-etait-connu-au-fichier-des-antecedents-judiciaires-20230629 |access-date=16 September 2023 |work=[[Le Figaro]] |date=29 June 2023 |language=fr |quote=qu'il conduisait sans permis}}</ref> According to a paramedic who knew him, his father left his mother before he was born.<ref>{{Cite web |date=28 June 2023 |title="C'était ma vie" : la mère de Nahel, tué par un policier, anéantie après la mort de son fils unique |trans-title="He was my life": The mother of Nahel devastated after the killing of her only son by police |url=https://www.lavoixdunord.fr/1345899/article/2023-06-28/adolescent-tue-par-un-policier-la-mere-de-nael-exprime-son-chagrin-apres-la-mort |access-date=30 June 2023 |website=[[La Voix du Nord (daily)|La Voix du Nord]] |language=fr |archive-date=28 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230628095230/https://www.lavoixdunord.fr/1345899/article/2023-06-28/adolescent-tue-par-un-policier-la-mere-de-nael-exprime-son-chagrin-apres-la-mort |url-status=live}}</ref>

According to his family's lawyers, Merzouk had no criminal record but the prosecutor confirmed he was "known to police",<ref name="riots-shake-france">{{cite news |first=Richard |last=Lough|title=Paris police shooting: why are there riots in France? |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/riots-shake-france-after-police-shoot-teenager-2023-06-29/ |access-date=25 July 2023 |work=[[Reuters]] |date=29 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230630024903/https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/riots-shake-france-after-police-shoot-teenager-2023-06-29/ |archive-date=30 June 2023 |quote=He was known to police for previous incidents in which he failed to comply with traffic stops, the local prosecutor Pascal Prache said. }}</ref> particularly for resisting arrest, and had been charged with resisting arrest the previous weekend and five times since 2021.<ref>{{Cite news |date=30 June 2023 |title=France shooting: Who was Nahel M, shot by French police in Nanterre? |first=Paul |last=Kirby |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-66052104 |access-date=30 June 2023 |work=[[BBC News]] |language=en |archive-date=30 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230630003658/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-66052104 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=27 June 2023 |title=A Nanterre, un ado de 17 ans tué par la police lors d'un contrôle routier : ce que l'on sait des faits |trans-title=In Nanterre, a 17-year-old teenager killed by the police during a traffic check: what we know about the facts |language=fr |work=[[Le Nouvel Observateur]] |url=https://www.nouvelobs.com/faits-divers/20230627.OBS75039/ado-de-17-ans-tue-par-la-police-apres-un-controle-routier-ce-que-l-on-sait-des-faits.html |access-date=30 June 2023 |quote=il était « connu des services de la justice notamment pour refus d'obtempérer » [...] avait été déféré au parquet de Nanterre le week-end dernier, pour refus d'obtempérer [...] Il avait également été mis en cause pour un autres refus d'obtempérer en 2022 |trans-quote=he was "known to the justice services, in particular for refusing to comply" [...] had been referred to the Nanterre prosecutor's office last weekend, for refusing to comply [...] He had also been placed in cause for another refusal to comply in 2022 |archive-date=29 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230629181837/https://www.nouvelobs.com/faits-divers/20230627.OBS75039/ado-de-17-ans-tue-par-la-police-apres-un-controle-routier-ce-que-l-on-sait-des-faits.html |url-status=live}}</ref> According to information leaked to ''[[Europe 1]]'',<ref>{{Cite web |website=Mediapart |last1=Philippin |last2=Rouget |first1=Yann |first2=Antton |title=Un pilier d'Europe 1, ex de " Valeurs actuelles ", dans la main des barbouzes des Émirats |url=https://www.mediapart.fr/journal/france/100723/un-pilier-d-europe-1-ex-de-valeurs-actuelles-dans-la-main-des-barbouzes-des-emirats |date=10 July 2023 |language=fr |quote=À Europe 1, c’est lui [Louis de Raguenel] qui a révélé le 28 juin dernier, « de sources policières », les antécédents mentionnés dans le fichier de la police au sujet de Nahel, l’adolescent tué par un policier à Nanterre – un classique visant à tenter de criminaliser la victime. |access-date=25 July 2023 |archive-date=11 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230711185243/https://www.mediapart.fr/journal/france/100723/un-pilier-d-europe-1-ex-de-valeurs-actuelles-dans-la-main-des-barbouzes-des-emirats |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |newspaper=Libération |language=fr |last=Pezet |first=Jacques |date=28 June 2023 |url=https://www.liberation.fr/checknews/mort-de-nahel-a-nanterre-polemique-autour-du-casier-judiciaire-de-ladolescent-tue-par-la-police-20230628_YB7EPVLKEBBA3E4I36LGWJYF6Y |title=Mort de Nahel à Nanterre : polémique autour du casier judiciaire de l'adolescent tué par la police |access-date=27 July 2023 |archive-date=11 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230711075858/https://www.liberation.fr/checknews/mort-de-nahel-a-nanterre-polemique-autour-du-casier-judiciaire-de-ladolescent-tue-par-la-police-20230628_YB7EPVLKEBBA3E4I36LGWJYF6Y/ |url-status=live }}</ref> his police file ([[:fr:Traitement d'antécédents judiciaires|TAJ]]) included 15 recorded incidents, including the use of false license plates and driving without insurance.<ref>{{cite news |first=Louis de |last=Raguenel |date=29 June 2023 |title=Mort de Nahel : l'adolescent connu pour 15 mentions au fichier des antécédents judiciaires |trans-title=Death of Nahel: the teenager known for 15 mentions in the criminal history file |language=fr |work=[[Europe 1]] |url=https://www.europe1.fr/faits-divers/info-europe-1-mort-de-nahel-ladolescent-connu-pour-15-mentions-au-fichier-des-antecedents-judiciaires-4191433 |access-date=30 June 2023 |archive-date=29 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230629235208/https://www.europe1.fr/faits-divers/info-europe-1-mort-de-nahel-ladolescent-connu-pour-15-mentions-au-fichier-des-antecedents-judiciaires-4191433 |url-status=live}}</ref>