Imagine living in a city in which protesters and police alike are everywhere. This recently happened in France. France has been rocked by a wave of protests and riots after a 17-year-old named Nahel, who was of Algerian heritage, was shot by the police near Paris for fleeing a traffic check on June 27th. This sparked a riot against police brutality and racism.
According to the New York Times, crowds of protesters chanted “We don’t forget, we don’t forgive.” In addition, protesters have been carrying signs that read “the police kill” and hundreds of government buildings have been damaged as Nahel’s death angers people over the country. French officials ordered more than 40,000 police officers to patrol cities across the country. They arrested more than 700 protesters over the course of the five consecutive nights of violence across several major cities. Large groups of people — some of them as young as 14 — engaged in running battles with heavily armed riot police. According to Houston Public Media, a service of the University of Houston, “‘No justice, no peace,’ [is what] one young man screamed into an NPR reporter’s microphone”. Fireworks and projectiles were thrown at police, bins, buses, cars, schools, government buildings and even the headquarters of the Paris 2024 Olympics were set on fire. Clashes between the police and protesters were reported across the suburbs of Paris, but some of the most violent confrontations were in Nanterre, where the teenager was shot dead.
In conclusion, this incident led to the realization of how police should appropriately use force and weapons. This event led to me thinking how police brutality should be controlled. I hope you learned something in the article. Are you wondering about protests around the world? Why?
According to the New York Times, crowds of protesters chanted “We don’t forget, we don’t forgive.” In addition, protesters have been carrying signs that read “the police kill” and hundreds of government buildings have been damaged as Nahel’s death angers people over the country. French officials ordered more than 40,000 police officers to patrol cities across the country. They arrested more than 700 protesters over the course of the five consecutive nights of violence across several major cities. Large groups of people — some of them as young as 14 — engaged in running battles with heavily armed riot police. According to Houston Public Media, a service of the University of Houston, “‘No justice, no peace,’ [is what] one young man screamed into an NPR reporter’s microphone”. Fireworks and projectiles were thrown at police, bins, buses, cars, schools, government buildings and even the headquarters of the Paris 2024 Olympics were set on fire. Clashes between the police and protesters were reported across the suburbs of Paris, but some of the most violent confrontations were in Nanterre, where the teenager was shot dead.
In conclusion, this incident led to the realization of how police should appropriately use force and weapons. This event led to me thinking how police brutality should be controlled. I hope you learned something in the article. Are you wondering about protests around the world? Why?
