France 24 | Amnesty report decries French laxity on police brutality | France 24
Human rights watchdog group Amnesty International published a report on Thursday denouncing the lack of disciplinary measures France has taken against certain members of its police force who have committed human rights violations. ...The watchdog highlighted the case of Abdelhakim Ajimi, who died on May 9, 2008 of asphyxiation after having been knocked to the ground by police at the time of his arrest. The responsible parties were not charged. Amnesty also criticised French authorities of having "very slow" penal procedures, often marked by "the lost or disappearance of files or proof."
...The watchdog highlighted the case of Abdelhakim Ajimi, who died on May 9, 2008 of asphyxiation after having been knocked to the ground by police at the time of his arrest. The responsible parties were not charged.
Amnesty also criticised French authorities of having "very slow" penal procedures, often marked by "the lost or disappearance of files or proof."
I've seen how police behave. Due to my "training" in pedestrian crossing guerilla fighting, I know how to never give the other side the slightest whiff of a pretext to turn violent on me: I'm always scrupulously polite and calm, I don't shout, even if I don't give in an inch.
Of course, I'm also white, male, usually in a suit, and in a nice part of Paris. But sometimes it's amazing how you see they're that close from just "letting it rip" - just because someone is standing up to them, even if properly. In the long run, we're all dead. John Maynard Keynes
