🔴 Live: French police brace for more violent protests as Paris suburb declares curfew
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A French policeman has been charged with voluntary homicide and placed under arrest on Thursday ahead of trial over the killing of a teenager at point-blank range sparking nationwide protests. As thousands…
  • DeHuq2@lemmygrad.mlEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Crazy how in some countries trigger-happy police cause riots while in America its just another tuesday

    People like to dunk on France but at least they have something based happening every once in a while

    • Beat_da_Rich@lemmygrad.mlEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      It causes riots in America too. It just happens so frequently that it’s extremely difficult to organize a collective response for each individual police killing. The French are rioting because they see us and know how shitty their future can be if they don’t respond.

      The real difference is that in France the officer gets charged with homicide (which has already happened for this incident). In the US he would get a paid vacation and his badge back.