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It was the police who murdered an unarmed person, not a person who shot a police officer btw
I am very much in favor of protesting against police in general (I'm an American, and they're crooked here), but in this case, the cop was immediately arrested. That sounds like something to praise. Protest is he gets off easy.
There are a few details not covered in the summary.
Prior to the police getting off their motorcycles and approaching the vehicle, they had tried to stop Nahel 2 times. Nahel, although a minor and not having a criminal record, was not unknown to police and had evaded police earlier in the week or month. They wanted to stop him because he was driving dangerously and even ran up on a curb and nearly ran over a cyclist and pedestrian.
Then he pulled into a bus lane where he could no longer advance.
The car he was driving was a new Canary Yellow Mercedes AGM or something, I don't know cars. This was a 17 year old without a license who had already been caught driving without a license when he was 15. The car also had Polish plates.
This is not an uncommon thing. There are both legal and illegal reasons that people do this, so no point in commenting further until the police know who let him use the car.
He turned off the engine. The police came alongside the car. There was a conversation. Someone yelled what could have been a threat (if the police said it) or a warning (if his passenger said it). Nahel then started the car and pulled away at the same moment the officer fired hitting him in the upper arm and neck, apparently. EMS was on the scene in 3 minutes and worked on him for 30 minutes.
One of the passengers fled.
Right now the officer is under investigation for homicide. Justice may be served. His body cam was not on; dead battery.
The riots have been insane. Schools and town halls burned down. Banking machines ripped from the walls. Cars burned. Military is coming in tonight.
Funny how the body cameras never seem to be turned on...
Yep. Unfortunate for everyone involved. It would prove innocence or culpability and speed up the investigation.
"The murders will continue until morale improves"
-- Macron, probably
TBF Macron actually denounced the police's actions in a national address.
Ah I think I misunderstood the quote in the article. They quoted him saying “These acts are totally unjustifiable” and I assumed that was about the protests and not the police.
We saw it on TV (yes actual broadcast TV, not live though) and your interpretation made me doubt myself for a moment but he was most certainly speaking against the actions of the police.
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