As the French #police have now discovered (as the UK police have too), it's no good putting out a justification for shooting someone, if ubiquitous #mobilephone footage immediately surfaces demonstrating that the explanation offered has a weak relation to the actual incident.
The police have been often able to act with impunity across the world, but increasingly citizen-scrutiny is undermining that position - which is welcome, if the incidents are devastating for victims of the Police's actions
"Under mounting pressure from #rightwing parties to declare a #StateOfEmergency, which would give authorities extra powers to ban #demonstrations and limit free movement, the government is desperate to avoid a repeat of 2005, when the death of two boys of African origin in a police chase sparked three weeks of rioting." #DeathOfNahel
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"Beyond an institutional #racism
common in many #police forces, #French policing has a tendency to violence…
Long a taboo subject, French policing – seen by many critics as instinctively repressive and favouring disproportionate force – has become a major political issue, particularly since the #giletsJaunes protests…
Experts who study policing across Europe point to a fundamental difference of structure and approach that goes beyond strategy and tactics."
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"They say French #police … see themselves generally not so much as servants of the people but as protectors of the state and government.
Consequently, the public’s relationship with the police is different in #France than in, for example, Scandinavia, Germany or Britain. This, combined with France’s long tradition of political street protest, produces an explosive cocktail.
Researchers say the police see themselves as under siege and reluctant to cede ground."
Data showed a spike in fatal shootings like the one that has incited angry protests. Experts say it’s an unintended consequence of a rushed response to terrorism.
> La presse internationale souligne le «délicat exercice d’équilibriste» d’Emmanuel Macron et la colère qui s’exprime, une fois de plus, dans les banlieues françaises après la mort du jeune Nahel à Nanterre.
C'est toujours intéressant de savoir ce qu'on dit de nous. Et c'est souvent triste.
Yael Goosz sur @franceinter il a qu'une obsession : que le gouvernement déclare l'état d'urgence. C'est la demande de l'extrême droite. Pourquoi il relaie l'extrême droite et pas l'extrême gauche, qui veut désarmer la #Police ?
In just its second meeting since 2021, the Committee on Immigration and Refugee Rights also heard the city's plans to move migrants out of police stations and into more stable housing, keeping alderpeople better informed.
Contre Attaque
"Die Szene ereignete sich gegen 8.30 Uhr in der Nähe der RER-Station Nanterre-Préfecture in einem Pariser Vorort. Bei einer Fahrzeugkontrolle richtete ein Motorradpolizist seine Waffe auf die vitalen Körperteile eines Fahrers und schoss dann, als das Fahrzeug losfuhr. Der 17-jähriger Jugendliche starb kurz darauf und ein Beifahrer wurde festgenommen.
[...]
Im Jahr 2022 gab es 13 Todesfälle, die auf „Verweigerung des Gehorsams“ bei Kontrollen zurückzuführen waren, eine noch nie dagewesene Zahl. Im April 2022 wurden zwei Brüder auf einer Brücke in der Nähe der Pariser Präfektur von einem Polizisten mit einem Sturmgewehr in den Rücken geschossen. Eine Doppelhinrichtung ohne jegliche Art von Notwehr. Im Juni verlor eine junge Passantin mitten in Paris als „Kollateralopfer“ eines Schusses aus einer polizeilichen Dienstwaffe ihr Leben."
Three Nights of Riots in France After Police Kill Youth
"France has seen a wave of massive protests following the death of a teen at the hands of police.
On Thursday, air traffic controllers at Paris’ Beauvais Airport saw a complete shutdown of flights as travelers flock to the top tourism destination.
In Nanterre, the working-class town on the western outskirts of Paris where 17-year-old Nahel M. was shot dead on Tuesday, protesters torched cars, barricaded streets and hurled projectiles at police following a vigil.
Protesters scrawled “Vengeance for Nahel” across buildings and as night set a bank was lit on fire.
In central Paris, a Nike shoe store was broken into after store windows were smashed along the rue de Rivoli shopping street, Paris police said.
Fires and fireworks erupted in Marseille, Lyon, Pau, Toulouse and Lille."
Three Nights of Riots in France After Police Kill Youth
"France has seen a wave of massive protests following the death of a teen at the hands of police.
On Thursday, air traffic controllers at Paris’ Beauvais Airport saw a complete shutdown of flights as travelers flock to the top tourism destination.
In Nanterre, the working-class town on the western outskirts of Paris where 17-year-old Nahel M. was shot dead on Tuesday, protesters torched cars, barricaded streets and hurled projectiles at police following a vigil.
Protesters scrawled “Vengeance for Nahel” across buildings and as night set a bank was lit on fire.
In central Paris, a Nike shoe store was broken into after store windows were smashed along the rue de Rivoli shopping street, Paris police said.
Fires and fireworks erupted in Marseille, Lyon, Pau, Toulouse and Lille."
via @amwenglish https://abolitionmedia.noblogs.org/post/2023/06/30/three-nights-of-riots-in-france-after-police-kill-youth/
Paris riots: when police shot a teenager dead, a rumbling pressure cooker exploded
"It raises the memory of the violence that spread across the city’s suburbs in 2005, lasting more than three weeks and forcing the co
untry into a state of emergency. Many of the issues behind the unrest back then remain unresolved to this day and have potentially been aggravated by ever worsening relations between the police and the public.
During my extensive fieldwork in the suburban estates of Paris, Lyon and Marseille I have seen and heard first-hand the grievances that are now being cried out on the streets of Nanterre."
Paris riots: when police shot a teenager dead, a rumbling pressure cooker exploded
"It raises the memory of the violence that spread across the city’s suburbs in 2005, lasting more than three weeks and forcing the country into a state of emergency. Many of the issues behind the unrest back then remain unresolved to this day and have potentially been aggravated by ever worsening relations between the police and the public."
"For the past few days, Paris has been engulfed in mass unrest, as people all over the country demonstrate against the murder of Nahel Merzouk by the French police. This callous act of racist brutality shocked French society, which is now rising up against its criminal police force and the violence it carries out with complete impunity. Here we publish a statement from the Francophone Anarchist Federation, who are fighting for truth and justice alongside their compatriots in the streets."
France protests: nearly 1,000 arrested as riots surge in Marseille and Lyon (www.theguardian.com)
Fourth night of demonstrations sees 45,000 police deployed as authorities claim the situation is calmer
16 kidnapped police employees released in southern Mexico (apnews.com)
Sixteen police employees who were kidnapped in southern Mexico have been released after three days of captivity.
French Police Won Authority to Shoot at Drivers, but Got ‘No Training Whatsoever’ | NYTimes (archive.fo)
Data showed a spike in fatal shootings like the one that has incited angry protests. Experts say it’s an unintended consequence of a rushed response to terrorism.
After Failing To Respond To Migrant Crisis, City Council's Immigration Committee Calls On Itself To Meet More Often (blockclubchicago.org)
In just its second meeting since 2021, the Committee on Immigration and Refugee Rights also heard the city's plans to move migrants out of police stations and into more stable housing, keeping alderpeople better informed.