Some reproached him for his silence. This Wednesday, Emmanuel Macron decided to break his silence, behind closed doors of the Council of Ministers. While several heads of state have spoken on the demonstrations against police violence and against discrimination, which have sprung up all over the world since the death of Georges Floyd - asphyxiated during an arrest in the United States - , the president commented on the situation before his government. " We must not give in to reductive amalgams or guilty protection (of the police), " urged the head of state, as reported by spokeswoman Sibeth Ndiaye. Regarding demonstrations against police violence, he stressed that “the overwhelming majority of law enforcement personnel cannot be sullied and should be exemplary, ”added Sibeth Ndiaye.
Emmanuel Macron also lambasted " racism and discrimination, this scourge which is a betrayal of republican universalism " and " a disease that affects all of society, " reported Sibeth Ndiaye. The head of state " called on his ministers to be intractable on this subject " and to " step up action " against racism.
"Modernization of techniques"
He also called for a " necessary modernization of the techniques of arrests and interventions during demonstrations ", while Christophe Castaner announced Monday the abandonment of the technique of strangulation by the police to immobilize a person arrested. . Emmanuel Macron hoped that this work of " transparency and improvement of practices will continue " in the coming months.
On the move to Évry on Tuesday in a police station to meet the police who work in difficult neighborhoods, the Prime Minister, Edouard Philippe, had already called for " respect and confidence " towards the police, but also for " the requirement ". Christophe Castaner, estimated the same day that " the global emotion " is " a healthy emotion on this subject " to such an extent that it " goes beyond the legal rules that apply " concerning the bans on gatherings.