France's Reckoning With Police Brutality

Professor Peter McPhee, Emeritus Professor of History, University of Melbourne

03-Jul-23 07:30

France's Reckoning With Police Brutality

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Three years after the killing of George Floyd by police officers in the US, France is facing a similar crisis after a 17-year-old boy was shot dead in a Paris traffic stop last week. The shooting sparked days of unrest, causing French President Emmanuel Macron to cancel a visit to Germany. We discuss the causes and consequences of the protests with Prof. Peter McPhee of Melbourne University.

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Presented by: Shazana Mokhtar, Mark Tan, Philip See

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Categories: international, Law/Activism, controversies

Tags: france protest, police brutality, controversy,

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