What the French riots reveal about Macron’s security regime

Fatal shootings by police and gendarmerie officers have nearly doubled under Macron, and, just like Nahel, many were unarmed and shot for refusing to obey police orders. The French arm of the police which investigates shootings, the IGPN, has been accused of fostering a culture of impunity among French law enforcement and enjoys little public trust. It soon emerged, after the shooting of Nahel, that police officers probably lied in their report when a video of the shooting was posted online in direct contradiction to their version of events.

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