• Floufym@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Real issue is not the « nights of violence » but the fact that police still kill without beeing more in troubles.

    • swytch@lemmy.ml
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      1 year ago

      « Nights of violence » and « Attack against democracy » is the narrative the government and (some) media stick to, because they can’t lose face. We’ve been calling it out for a long, long time now, both in France and in the rest of the world. Situation in France escalated dramatically since 2016 and the law « El Khomri » relative to work rights, but (unfortunately) even quicker since Macron became President, as he will not consider people’s voice.

      In 2017, a law was relative to firearms passed the Parliament, giving police officers more latitude as to when they are allowed to use them.

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    1 year ago

    Insane. Difficult to imagine these things happening in France. Well, maybe not so difficult now that I think about it.

  • Raphael@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I don’t like Macron. I think he could be worse, but I don’t like him anyway.

  • Hexadecimalkink@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    Wasn’t he at an Elton John concert or something last night? This guy is the living definition of French aristocracy