French police say they are being stigmatized during protests in France against police violence in the wake of George Floyd’s death. On Thursday, police…
French police say they are being stigmatized during protests in France against police violence in the wake of George Floyd’s death.
On Thursday, police gathered in front of precincts across the country and threw down their handcuffs in a symbolic gesture against what they say is unfair criticism.
«The police in France have nothing to do with the police in the U. S., and we’re not racist,» said Fabien Vanhemelryck, the head of the main police union in France, as he joined dozens of police officers demonstrating Friday morning along the Champs-Élysées.
Just days after Floyd was killed while in police custody in Minneapolis, more than 20,000 Parisians defied a ban on gatherings during the pandemic to demand the truth about the death of a black Frenchman named Adama Traoré while in police custody in 2016.
