When it’s a mayor getting his house burnt down by far right extremists, no one cares. But when it’s a guy who supports police violence and wants to put the whole country under a totalitarian system, now this is a “milestone in ignominy”.
Sure.
Not all public discourse is like that, even if some large medias companies lack nuance and focus exclusively on rioters.
An judges union published a press release calling on a political answer to police violence, including repeal of a preemptive self-defense law provision often used to justify such shootings, and making police oversight a more independent process.
(french) Mort de Nahel : Ce n’est pas à la justice d’éteindre une révolte [communiqué de presse]
But it’s still a fact. Facing violence, France shows more leniency towards its far right than towards its poorest.
