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Macron walks tightrope as French police protest challenges rule of law (www.france24.com)

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National police chief: "a police officer should not be in prison, even if he may have committed serious faults or errors in the course of his work." Left-wing opposition blasted government for failing to rein in “a police hierarchy that places itself above the law”.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago

The London public were incredibly resistant to the idea of introducing a police force, precisely because they looked at the French Police force then and saw violence and authroitanism.

Seems it has gotten much better.