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"Justice for the cops"

2021-05-07T22:29:05.110Z


The editorial of Le Figaro, by Yves Thréard. After Rambouillet not long ago, Avignon. A new policeman died under fire from a thug, in the city center. No, he was not a hero, he practiced his profession of maintaining order. No, he was not in war, because he was not a soldier, but a peacekeeper. And that's why all the cops in France are in revolt today. In the fight against delinquency, fear has changed sides for a long time, but our politica


After Rambouillet not long ago, Avignon.

A new policeman died under fire from a thug, in the city center.

No, he was not a hero, he practiced his profession of maintaining order.

No, he was not in war, because he was not a soldier, but a peacekeeper.

And that's why all the cops in France are in revolt today.

In the fight against delinquency, fear has changed sides for a long time, but our political leaders are content to change the words in a martial tone.

However, to remedy the feeling of abandonment that inhabits the police, chin strokes are not the solution.

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The drama of Avignon illustrates, to the point of caricature, reality.

That of a country riddled with violence on every street corner, where arms and drug trafficking is exploding;

where thugs feel at home, on a motorbike or… on a scooter!

They taunt the police and gendarmes, whom they attack daily, and the justice system, whose weaknesses they know.

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Source: lefigaro

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