Faced with the revolt of policemen, the Interior Minister Christophe Castaner said, Sunday, June 21, take "to shake up things" and want to stay up Beauvau.

"Being Interior Minister, it is not seeking to please this or that, but to build a strong police, the confidence," said the interior minister in an interview with Le Parisien.

Police showed on June 12 on the Champs-Elysees in Paris, the call of several unions, including Alliance and UNSA Police, symbolically throwing down their badges and handcuffs, with some calling for the minister's resignation Interior. In his interview with Le Parisien, it confirmed that he wanted to remain at the head of his department. "But no minister is owner of its function.", He said.

"If there was a misunderstanding, I am responsible."

Face charges of violence and racism against the French police, Christophe Castaner announced early June abandoning the controversial arrest technical "strangulation" and spoke of a systematic suspension of police officers in cases of "suspicions proved" acts or racist.

These statements had set fire to the powder, in particular the term "suspicion proven", judged by the forces detrimental to the presumption of innocence.

"I will never let go of the police. My speech is a speech of support and confidence," says Christophe Castaner. "If there was a misunderstanding, I am responsible."

With AFP

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