More than 150 detainees in France after a night of riots over the death of a young Maghrebi

“A night of unbearable violence against symbols of the Republic: councils, schools and police stations burned or assaulted. 150 arrests. I support the police, gendarmes and firefighters who bravely show their faces. Shame on those who did not call for calm”, French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin said on Twitter.

However, this Thursday is the big day: the relatives of the deceased teenager have called a ‘white march’ this June 29 at 2:00 p.m. in front of the Nanterre prefectural headquarters, and the protests will spread to the rest of France. Nahel’s mother has also called a “riot march” in a video from TikTok.

the left party France Insoumise has announced its participation in the call on Thursday. For its part, the far-right Marine LePen has labeled the president’s comments “very excessive” Emmanuel Macron after he considered Naël’s death “inexplicable” and “inexcusable”. “Is the act inexcusable? Is it inexplicable? It is the courts that must respond. The president is willing to forget constitutional principles to try to put out a possible fire,” Le Pen argued.

Macron, who insisted that “the situation catches fire” must be prevented, assured that “nothing justifies the death of a young man” and asked Justice to act quickly, but with the serenity necessary to establish the truth. His prime minister, Elisabeth Bornewent further by noting that “the particularly shocking images of the control suggest that the legal intervention framework has not been respected” and advanced that once the Justice determines what happened “we will draw the consequences”.

@leparisien « I lost a 17-year-old boy »: the chagrin of the mother of Nahel, t*é for a police officer in Nanterre #nanterre #nahel #nael ♬ are original – Le Parisien

The author of the shot that mortally wounded the young man in the chest, a 38 year old brigadier, was arrested a few hours after the incident. At first, he had claimed with his partner that he had used his weapon in self defense because they were threatened by the vehicle, a statement that remains apparently disproved by video recordings.

Police intervene

Prime Minister Borne’s words seem to leave open the possibility of a review of a controversial article of law on public safety of 2017, prepared in the context of the wave of jihadist attacks in France, which increased the assumptions in which the forces of order can resort to their weapons.

Nevertheless Gerald Darmanin spoke out against the political use of the emotion that this matter has generated, which has given rise to criticism and denunciations by left-wing officials and personalities from the world of sports, such as the players of the national team kylian mbappe and Jules Koundé or the actor omar syall three of African descent.

[20 detenidos en Nanterre en las protestas por la muerte de un joven de 17 años a manos de un policía]

The leader of the radical left, Jean-Luc Mélenchonwas one of the harshest in manners, pointing out that “these deaths compromise the authority of the State”, that “the death penalty no longer exists in France” and that we must punish the “killer cops”reports efe.

The 2017 law authorizes agents to use their weapons when they cannot immobilize by other means vehicles that skip a control and are likely to threaten the life or integrity of other people. Experts estimate that since then there have been quintupled the shots of the policemen against cars that force their controls and the death toll has increased.