Race Riots Engulf Parisian Suburb After Death of Arab Teen
The French establishment has been quick to condemn the police for structural racism as violence engulfed the western Parisian suburb of Nanterre Tuesday night.
The French establishment has been quick to condemn the police for structural racism as violence engulfed the western Parisian suburb of Nanterre Tuesday night.
A Braverman than most, the UK’s home secretary has called upon Britain’s 43 police forces to “ramp up” their use of stop and search in order to “save more lives,” a decision for which she deserves to be commended.
There are, however, still countless reports of individuals taking matters into their own hands rather than waiting for the authorities to step in.
During an otherwise peaceful demonstration in support of Belgium’s healthcare workers, it appears that one officer attempted to hit chairman Tom Van Grieken in the face, while a fellow MP claimed she had been kicked by another policeman after having fallen to the ground.
The forgery scheme allowed hundreds of numbers of illegal migrants to pass themselves off as EU nationals who were applying for French residency.
Devon and Cornwall Police had already received official criticism about “inadequate” record keeping.
The directive is likely to come into effect before next year’s EU elections and facilitate decoupling from regimes such as China on human rights grounds.
Due to concerns over negative press coverage, officers have been told to limit their interactions with the migrant population as much as possible.
The ongoing dispute raises difficult questions over the tension between the right of individuals to protest and the level of acceptable disruption for those trying to go about their lives.
The attempted classification of rape as a ‘non-emergency’ would be shocking in any Western democracy; but in 21st-century Britain, the home of Magna Carta, it now appears the right to justice is too much to ask.