Producer beaten: from Aya Nakamura to Mathieu Kassovitz, the artists are indignant

"We will continue to film the police", "Courage Michel", "Shocking": like Aya Nakamura and Mathieu Kassovitz, the artists, after the sportsmen, express disgust and support after the beating of a music producer by the police . 

It's a short message on Twitter: "Thanks to the cameras and courage to Michel".

He does not have the force of words of the footballer Antoine Griezmann - who had tweeted Thursday "I have pain in my France" - but it will still make noise, because it is signed Aya Nakamura, the most widely broadcast French singer in the world.

The interpreter of the tube "Djadja", which has more than 2.5 million subscribers on Instagram and nearly a million followers on Twitter, accompanies this sentence of the video of the black producer beaten by the police.

Thanks to the cameras and courage to Michel https://t.co/EIwA5rhNxF

- Aya Nakamura (@AyaNakamuraa) November 27, 2020

"We will continue to film the police," promises Mathieu Kassovitz

Michel Zecler, 41, is well known in the hip-hop world, having been one of the producers in 2016 of the "Golden Age of French Rap" tour, which brought together stars from the 1990s such as Ménélik, Stomy Bugsy, Passi, Sages Poets de la rue, Assassin, etc.

"I have known Michel for more than 15 years, he was the producer with Valou (Valérie Atlan, historical producer of French rap, editor's note) of

and of the Sector A tour (collective of rappers ) ", exposes besides on Instagram Stomy Bugsy, who fulminates:" Assaulted at his place by the police force because he is black. You must call a spade a spade! ".

But the shock wave caused by the images has touched beyond the rap sphere.

"This ultra-violent video is the reason why we will continue to film the police," reacted actor and director Mathieu Kassovitz on Instagram.

"We will see if they can put us in prison when we have the evidence of their crimes", he continues, referring to the controversial bill, called "global security", an initiative strongly opposed by NGOs and journalists' unions.

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"It's shame", judge Alexandra Lamy

Actress Alexandra Lamy was outraged on Twitter on Thursday.

"Yesterday International Day Against Violence Against Women and Children, Emmanuel Macron asks the victims not to hesitate to call the police, uh not sure that these images reassure them. Tell me, these men are not police officers , we are in agreement ", she quips over images showing Michel Zecler struck.

"It's such a shame for (these) police officers, but also for us, for our country!", Also laments Guillaume Canet on Instagram.

Yesterday international day against violence against women and children, @EmmanuelMacron asks the victims not to hesitate to call the police, uh not sure that these images reassure them.

Tell me, these men are not cops, do we agree?

https://t.co/qBAXHMPlJZ

- Alexandra Lamy (@Alexandra_Lamy) November 26, 2020

Benjamin Biolay posted photos on Instagram of the scene captured by the cameras with the mention "unbearable, shocking, unfair, crazy".

The director general of Sacem (Society of Authors, Composers and Music Publishers) Jean-Noël Tronc, "deeply shocked by these unbearable images", supported on Twitter "Michel Zecler whose extreme dignity in his reaction is a lesson in democracy and courage ".