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[quote=Anonymous]Anyone else following the protests in France following the police shooting of a teenager of North African descent? The government is deploying 40,000 police to quell the unrest and around 150 people have already been arrested. Interestingly, Macron described the shooting as “inexcusable,” in rare criticism of law enforcement." It's interesting to see how a country other than ours handles these all-too-familiar situations.

"The incident has reignited debate in France about police tactics amid longstanding criticism from rights groups about the treatment of people in low-income suburbs, particularly ethnic minorities. Nahel was pulled over by two police officers for breaking traffic rules while driving a rented yellow Mercedes. Police initially reported that an officer had shot at the teenager because he was driving his car at him, but this version of events was contradicted by a video circulating on social media. That footage shows the two police officers standing by the side of the stationary car, with one pointing a weapon at the driver. A voice is heard saying: “You are going to get a bullet in the head.” The police officer then appears to fire as the car abruptly drives off."

150 arrested in second night of French protests after 17-year-old shot dead by police
https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/29/europe/nanterre-france-police-shooting-protests-intl-hnk/index.html[/quote]

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