The release of a video showing a police officer violently throwing a 29-year-old man to the ground has sparked widespread outrage. The incident took place on June 21 during a music festival in Carcassonne, where a national police officer, along with municipal police officers, restrained the man from behind and threw him to the ground. The police said they intervened because of "repeated noise nuisances," but the video shows the man's head hitting the ground forcefully, with witnesses expressing shock. A municipal police officer from Carcassonne, who had previously been implicated in racist and sexist remarks, is seen in the video helping the victim after the impact. The 29-year-old man, described by prosecutors as homeless, died on July 3. Prosecutors have stated there is no confirmed link between the incident and his death, focusing instead on the man’s history of polydrug use. The French police watchdog, the IGPN, has been alerted by the Carcassonne prosecutors’ office, launching a judicial investigation into "voluntary violence by a person entrusted with public authority." Political figures across the spectrum have called for reforms in the police force. Marine Tondelier, national secretary of the Ecologists, described the images as "revolting" and emphasized the need for transparency. The Socialist Party also condemned the incident, calling it an "undignified act of police violence." Deputy Alexis Corbière called for "radical changes" in the police, while deputy Clémence Guetté stated that "the republican police must be reformed from cellar to attic." In response to the controversy, four municipal police officers in Carcassonne were suspended after a separate video revealed their racist and sexist remarks, including terms like "bicots," "bougnoules," "nègres," and "connasses." The National Rally (RN) excluded the officer who was a member of its security service, while RN mayor Christophe Barthès condemned the remarks as "vomitable and inexcusable." Deputy Thomas Ménagé of the National Rally questioned the connection to RN, clarifying that the officer under investigation is a national police officer, not a municipal one. The deputy mayor of Carcassonne, Florent Ghisi, stated that the video in question involves a national police officer and not a municipal one, adding that the video was a clip and the officer was defending his colleague who was being attacked by someone possibly under the influence of drugs.