Ex-cop, actor and director Olivier Marchal at the La Rochelle Fiction TV Festival in 2018. - Jean-Marc HAEDRICH / SIPA

Olivier Marchal, former police officer who became actor and director of several films and series on the police ( 36 quai des Orfèvres , Cops , Braquo ), wanted to defend the profession, accused of racism and brutality on the networks and at rallies in tribute to George Floyd, this 46-year-old American black man, suffocated during his arrest in the United States or at the committee's call for Adama Traoré, 24-year-old man who died in 2016 at the Persian police station , after his arrest in Beaumont-sur-Oise.

Many thanks to Olivier MARCHAL for his support towards our colleagues. A glaring letter of truth intended for all #policiers whatever their membership #syndicale and who agreed that we distribute it 🙏🏻 pic.twitter.com/w8u6HqEGU6

- ALLIANCE PN (@alliancepolice) June 8, 2020

"Yes, there are cops who don't deserve mercy." Yes, there are cops who sometimes behave pitifully. But how many are there? So little, if you knew ... These, deserve to be judged. And hard. ", He admits in a column relayed by the union Alliance National Police.

"The others do not deserve the amalgam"

And to defend: "The others do not deserve the amalgam. They deserve only our recognition ... And our applause. "

"I love the cops, and I'm here to say that I love the cops and that I respect this job" declared Olivier Marchal on the set of BFMTV this Monday evening.

Olivier Marchal: "I love the cops and this job, I respect it" pic.twitter.com/JdkbjFamOn

- BFMTV (@BFMTV) June 8, 2020

Police "abandoned by political power"

And to remember: "When I got my cop card, at the time there was no cell phone, I went into the police station phone booth and called my father to tell him "I'm proud to be a police officer". I just want to continue being proud to be a police officer today, that's all I want. "

Olivier Marchal deplores the fact that the police have been "abandoned by the political authorities", "disowned by the public authorities and the hierarchy". "The cops are always the scapegoats for the instability and disorder of a society," he argues. And to insist: "I worked with guys who are committed to serve and protect, and the cops continue to want to serve and protect".

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