In response to the demands of the anti-racism and police violence demonstrations in France that took place following the death of George Floyd in the United States, the French government announced Monday that "racism will never be tolerated" in the police force.
French Interior Minister Christophe Castaner told a news conference that "no racist can merely wear a police or gendarme uniform" after protests against police violence doubled in recent days in France in the wake of two weeks of unprecedented protests in the United States following the death of the black American George Floyd suffocated under the knee of a white policeman.
Castaner said that "suspension will be systematically" if there is a suspicion of a racist act or speech by a policeman, announcing the abandonment of the method of arresting a person "from his neck, called strangulation."
The minister declared that "it will no longer be taught in police and gendarmerie schools ... it is a risky method."
In the same vein, President Emmanuel Macron called on his government to make quick proposals to improve respect for ethics in the police force, while the issue of racism and police violence has returned to the spotlight.
Macron last January - after the death of a young man in Paris during police interrogation - actually asked Minister Castaner to submit "as soon as possible", proposals to improve "ethics and controls" within the police force.
He also asked Justice Minister Nicole Pelopi to consider the death of Adama Traore, a 24-year-old black man, during his arrest in 2016.
The young family of Traore and his supporters continues to demand "justice for Adama" ever since, one of the chants of the demonstrators who took to the streets of Paris to salute George Floyd, whose death sparked international reactions.
Last Saturday, more than 23,000 protesters marched in France to condemn the police violence and demand "justice for all." At the beginning of last week, about 20,000 people demonstrated in Paris, at the invitation of the Traore family.
New rallies are scheduled for tomorrow Tuesday in France to commemorate George Floyd at his funeral in Houston, Texas.