Macron walks tightrope as French police protest challenges rule of law
Macron walks tightrope as French police protest challenges rule of law
French President Emmanuel Macron has declined to condemn the country’s top police chiefs for appearing to suggest officers were above the law, seeking to stave off unrest among security forces wearied…
National police chief: "a police officer should not be in prison, even if he may have committed serious faults or errors in the course of his work." Left-wing opposition blasted government for failing to rein in “a police hierarchy that places itself above the law”.
The London public were incredibly resistant to the idea of introducing a police force, precisely because they looked at the French Police force then and saw violence and authroitanism.
Seems it has gotten much better.
France, where even police protest.