Tiémoué Bakayoko (AC Milan) denounces his police control: “They put our lives in danger”

After a few seconds, a third policeman approaches his colleague and the footballer, sheathing his weapon. They exchange a few words and the policeman who was searching Bakayoko then seems to recognize the footballer and immediately stops searching him.

In a statement quoted by the Italian press, the prefecture of Milan assured that Bakayoko and the other passenger of the vehicle had been checked because they resembled the description made of two suspects in another case, calling it “inappropriate comments“the accusations of racial profiling.

“The authorities of Milan communicated that it was a mistake of the police officers who had realized it“, reacted on his Instagram account the player. “To err is human, I have no problem with that, however the way and the methodology that were used do bother me.“. “The consequences could have been so much worse if I hadn’t kept my cool. What would have happened behind if I didn’t have the chance to do the job I do and to be recognized in time? What would have been the consequences of all this?“, wonders the player again.

In the video, “you don’t see everything, and I think that’s the quietest part of what happened“, he continues: “You should know that I found myself with the gun a meter away from me, on the passenger window side. They clearly put our lives in danger“. “Why didn’t they simply do a check worthy of the name, asking for the vehicle papers, or simply communicating?“, launches again, in a calm voice, a black sweatshirt on the back, the environment also passed by Rennes, Monaco, Chelsea and Naples.

“The images of Bakayoko’s control are reminiscent of ethnic profiling. A discriminatory practice which for an unknown person could have had serious consequences“, denounced for its part Amnesty Italy on Twitter.

(With AFP)