The French Interior Ministry said it plans to deploy 40,000 police officers across the country to quell potential unrest. 9News
The French Interior Ministry said it plans to deploy 40,000 police officers across the country – including 5,000 in Paris – to quell any potential unrest.
The police officer was put under formal investigation for voluntary homicide and placed in preliminary detention, CNN affiliate BFMTV reported Thursday. The video of Nahel's killing has sparked a similar level of shock and anger across France, touching a particular nerve among young men and women of colour who feel that they have been discriminated against by police.
The local Nanterre prosecutor, Pascal Prache, said on Thursday that the officers testified both drew their weapons and pointed them at the driver to dissuade him from restarting the engine. The officer who fired his weapon said, according to the prosecutor, that he was scared the boy would run someone over with the car.
Macron and other government officials, including Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne, have called for patience to allow the criminal justice system to run its course.