Video showing police throwing a homeless man to the ground in Carcassonne, France has spread widely online. The actual encounter occurred in June, but the renewed circulation and resulting official inquiry are fresh developments. The footage is immediately understandable and visually disturbing, while viewers cannot know from the short clip everything that happened before or after the recorded moment. The video's dissemination was sufficient to trigger national media coverage and a formal investigation; reliable platform-level view and share totals were not available, so none are claimed.