French President Emmanuel Macron has declined to condemn the country’s top police chiefs for appearing to suggest officers were above the law, seeking to stave off unrest among security forces wearied…

National police chief: “a police officer should not be in prison, even if he may have committed serious faults or errors in the course of his work.” Left-wing opposition blasted government for failing to rein in “a police hierarchy that places itself above the law”.

  • Amandine@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Am I wrong in thinking that French people tend to see the police and military as being there to control people rather than to help them (more so in the last couple of decades)? Which does not seem to be the case in the USA, for instance.

    • ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.netEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      I see police the same way as the French for the most part, and I’m from the US.

      I think it’s places like Japan, Taiwan, and the Nordic countries where people feel the police are more of a positive force in their community.