Residents say French police have used the coronavirus lockdown as a license to treat minority youths violently
A history of violence
Beatings, the use of stress positions, and public humiliation, are tactics Arab residents say are used today and were also used during the Algerian War of Independence. Louati gave historic examples, such as the role of the French police in the deportation of Jews during the holocaust, the Paris massacre of Algerian protesters in 1961, and killings by colonial authorities in the French West Indies in 1967. “Even before the coronavirus lockdown, the police were already perceived as a force of occupation.
What the Yellow Vests experienced from late 2018 onwards, was a philosophy first tested on minorities, Louati said.
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