The president of the Republicans Christian Jacob brought his "support to the security forces" and affirmed that "police violence" and "a racist police do not exist" in France, this Sunday, the day after several demonstrations totaling more than 20,000 people in France.
"The police in France are not afraid, they reassure," said Christian Jacob in "the big meeting" (Europe 1 / Cnews / Les Echos). "Police violence in France does not exist, (on the other hand) we have seen violence by demonstrators," he said. "There is racism in France that we have to fight against, but we don't have a racist police in France, it doesn't exist," added the leader of the right-wing party.
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He gave his support "to all our security forces, we have seen them on all fronts against terrorism and covid-19". He also said he was "deeply shocked by the slogans, the police treated as racist and the black police sold by alleged anti-racist demonstrators" in the processions this week.
The shock wave caused by the death of George Floyd in the United States continued to spread this weekend around the world. In France, demonstrations against police violence were held in several cities despite health restrictions and prohibitions. In some cases, "if there has been a slip (by a police officer), justice is seized, the sanctions will fall. But we are witnessing an incredible amalgam, ”he was indignant.
Comparisons with the “meaningless” United States
"The comparison with the United States does not make sense, because they have a federal system where the police are placed under the authority of mayors or elected sheriffs while we have a unified police force which corresponds to diversity, a police academy, a code of ethics, "he argued.
He denounced the "deafening silence of the President of the Republic and the Prime Minister, at a time when the national police are humiliated" and when "we heard people calling for the revolution and taking up arms".
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