/ 03 July 2023

Anti-police protests in France continue

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The family of the 17yo, whose killing by police sparked widespread unrest across France, have called on protesters to stop and for laws on the lethal force at traffic stops to change. Last Tuesday, teenager Nahel M was pulled over in Nanterre (a suburb outside Paris) and died after a police officer shot him. Authorities initially claimed the teen had driven towards police, but a video showed that wasn’t the case. The officer who fired the shot has been stood down and placed under investigation for voluntary homicide. The incident has hit a nerve around race and policing in France because Nahel was of Algerian descent. President Emmanuel Macron denies there is systemic racism inside the nation’s law enforcement agencies, but the United Nations human rights office said “this is a moment” to address the issue.

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