Re:France: Thousands of protesters wrongly punished under dr...
by skitout on Friday October 09, 2020 @01:46PM
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CRS and traditional police forces specialized in protest and riot have been accused of many abuse. But the biggest part of the abuses came from police forces that is not specialized in protest and riot, mainly from the Brigade anticriminalité known to be super violent.
Because the protest were large and long, because of budget cut before, and because the state wanted to hit hard, they chose to put use many of those violent and not properly trained police forces
On the top of that they've been (illegal) order given to the police force to hit hard (newspaper le monde published this news)
Furthermore, the state was dependent on police, and police was already unhappy (wanted more money, pay rise...), that partly explain why those abuse continued to happen during months, without political or judicial reaction...
Because the protest were large and long, because of budget cut before, and because the state wanted to hit hard, they chose to put use many of those violent and not properly trained police forces
On the top of that they've been (illegal) order given to the police force to hit hard (newspaper le monde published this news)
Furthermore, the state was dependent on police, and police was already unhappy (wanted more money, pay rise...), that partly explain why those abuse continued to happen during months, without political or judicial reaction...