Linda Kebbab is the national delegate of the SGP Police-FO Unit. She published in 2020 with the Stock
Gardienne de la paix et de la revolte
editions
.
FIGAROVOX. - Philippe Poutou said Wednesday, on the set of France Info,
"
obviously, the police kill
"
.
How do you react to these comments?
Linda KEBBAB. -
The only situation which unfortunately can lead the police to kill someone is when they are forced to neutralize an individual in the context of self-defense.
Mr. Poutou's wish is not to denounce these facts which remain extremely rare.
Its objective is to discredit and delegitimize the action of the police as a whole.
For him, since the police exercise violence, regardless of its legitimacy, it is in itself morally wrong and should not exist.
It is pure demagoguery.
The deep ideology of Philippe Poutou consists in annihilating all existence of the police force in the country.
Linda kebbab
By saying "
the police kill
", he suggests that the police kill in a criminal, intentional, willful manner.
He denies, with these words, all the police's legitimate reasons for being: the protection of society, the application of the laws, the fair social balance, etc.
He suggests that the police are basically made to kill.
The representative of the NPA nevertheless qualified his remarks on BFMTV. He added: "the police are not genetically bad, they respond to a political will of repression". Do you hear these nuances?
I especially hear that Philippe Poutou does not accept his words.
Its deep ideology - that of the anarchists and anti-capitalists in their current pattern - consists in annihilating all existence of the police in the country.
Read also Linda Kebbab: "Yes, the police sometimes have to give up intervening in certain sensitive areas!"
I also think he is making a clever political maneuver.
He says something head-on to cause a stir in the media sphere and create a buzz.
Then, he qualifies his remarks by saying that the police do not kill deliberately.
Ultimately
, this gradually makes his conception of a fundamentally illegitimate police acceptable.
He thus tries to influence public opinion so that it goes in his direction.
He is not nuanced, he is a radical, an extremist.
Can we say, however, that there is an evolution of the left on these questions, particularly in view of the presence of Anne Hidalgo, Olivier Faure, Yannick Jadot and Fabien Roussel at the police demonstration in May? Philippe Poutou is perhaps ultimately only a marginal in his political family?
I think that Philippe Poutou is indeed a marginal in his political family and that this buzz gives him greater importance than he deserves.
But unfortunately, this kind of dangerous and extremist talk always provokes a lot of media turmoil.
To limit such a resonance, the Minister of the Interior could have lodged a complaint without necessarily making a tweet.
As for the other actors of the left, it is all to their honor to have taken part in this demonstration.
We should particularly underline the presence of Fabien Roussel and Olivier Faure who have remained for the long term, unlike the others who have been more discreet.
Any criticism of the way in which the police work, are controlled, are thought out, is necessary.
However, Mr. Poutou is not in a criticism of the police, he is in a desire to destroy the police.
Linda kebbab
I regret, however, that they were forced to endure the derogatory remarks of France Insoumise and the NPA who reproached them for having demonstrated with factions on the pretext that there were representatives of the RN and the far right.
Again, this is a way of discrediting the police.
It is demagogic to reproach someone for being in a demonstration on the grounds that controversial people were there.
The argument is fallacious.
Remember that this demonstration took place in reaction to the death of one of our colleagues.
The presence of Fabien Roussel and Olivier Faure only responded to this drama.
They did not find it acceptable that there was one death in the police force and refused to fall into the demagogic discourse of the far left.
Read alsoAn elected representative of France insubordinate arouses controversy after his remarks about the police
Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin decided to file a complaint against the NPA activist. Do you support this procedure? Are you not afraid that this will criminalize criticism of the police?
Constructive criticism, with the aim of improving oneself, is always welcome.
I am the first, internally, to point out the dysfunctions of the police and I am a whistleblower.
Any criticism of the way in which the police work, are controlled, are thought out, is necessary.
However, Mr. Poutou is not in a criticism of the police, he is in a desire to destroy the police.
He is in a political position that leaves no room for debate and no nuance.
He takes a minority in the society he does not want, in this case the police, and they incriminate them with violent positions.
This is the position of all extremists.
Regarding the procedure initiated by Gérald Darmanin, it is the least of things.
When you are the police representative, you have to file a complaint against someone who defames them.