The Presidency of the Republic called on Saturday Michel Zecler, the black producer who was beaten up by the police.

The Elysee would have contacted him to inquire about him.

Friday evening, Emmanuel Macron had qualified this aggression as "unacceptable".

The Presidency of the Republic called Michel Zecler, the black producer who was beaten up by police, said the Elysee Sunday without further details.

According to franceinfo, the Elysee would have joined the producer on Saturday to hear from him and reminded him that for Emmanuel Macron, what he had experienced was "a shame".

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"Images that make us ashamed"

Emmanuel Macron intervened on Friday evening in this case by denouncing, in a statement on Facebook, "the unacceptable aggression" of Michel Zecler by the police, "images which make us ashamed".

He also called for an "exemplary" policy.

The day before, he had asked the Minister of the Interior to pronounce clear sanctions against the police officers responsible for this violence.

The prosecutor requested pre-trial detention for three of the four police officers

In the aftermath of a strong mobilization against the proposed comprehensive security law and against police violence, the four police officers accused of beating were brought to justice on Sunday at midday.

The prosecutor requested pre-trial detention for three of them.

The police officers involved are the target of an investigation for "willful violence by a person holding public authority", with the aggravating circumstance of racism, and "forgery in public writing".

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Matignon is working on a reform of the IGPN

Emmanuel Macron also asked the government on Friday evening to quickly make proposals "to fight more effectively against all discrimination" and to restore confidence between the French and the police.

Matignon is already working on these projects, in particular on the reform of the IGPN (the general inspectorate of the national police), the fight against discrimination, the initial and continuing training of police officers, their recruitment as well as the means of associating the population to police actions, according to a government source.