Archive for French police
passant, souviens-toi…
Posted in Kids with tags 16 juillet 1942, Auschwitz-Birkenau, deportation, Drancy, French police, Memorial for the murdered Jews of Europe, Shoah memorial, Vél d'Hiv, Vichy régime, war crimes on July 16, 2022 by xi'an
17 octobre 1961 [memory of a massacre]
Posted in pictures with tags 17th of October massacre, Algeria independence war, collaboration, curfew, French police, independence war, manifestation, Maurice Papon, Paris, police murders, Seine on October 17, 2021 by xi'an
comparison n’est pas raison [w/o statistics]
Posted in Statistics with tags France Inter, French police, French politics, ID check, Insoumis, Minority Report, national public radio, statistic on December 2, 2020 by xi'an
On the French public radio this morn’, while having my post-run breakfast, I heard a (lengthy) interview where the Parliament (insoumis) deputy François Ruffin argued about the frequent and biased ID checks by the French police, before stating there was no data about this:
“…la place du contrôle d’identité dans la police française. Quand on compare à l’international, elle procède à beaucoup plus de contrôles d’identité, encore plus sur les minorités que les pays qui nous entourent...” [the role of ID checks in the French police is much more present than in neighbouring countries, especially against minorities]
“…il n’y a aucune statistique du nombre de contrôles d’identité effectués…” [there exist no statistic on the number of ID checks]
Drogue : sortir du tout-répressif [reposted]
Posted in Books, Kids, Travel, Wines with tags cannabis, depenalisation, drug dealers, drug users, editorial, French police, French politics, Google translation, Le Monde, legalisation, Libé, Liberation, penalisation, tea dealer, tribune on September 13, 2020 by xi'an
[Here is an editorial (my take at a Google translation) from Le Monde about the installment last week of a fixed fine of €200 for drug possession. Introduced in 2018 by the French Parliament, it is presented by the French government as a way to fight drug-trafficking (and its far reaching consequences in the (de)structuration of some suburbs) by turning consumers into de facto accomplices. Which I find counterproductive and irrational as prohibition never works and ultimately benefits criminals. Drug legalisation or at least drug decriminalisation, adopted in many other countries, would be much more beneficial. Disclaimer #1: I am not supporting the use of drugs, except tea of course. Disclaimer #2: I do not agree with the entirety of the editorial below.]
Art Ensemble of Chicago
Posted in Kids, pictures, Travel with tags Art Ensemble of Chicago, Barbican, French police, Jazz à Caen, London, Maisons de la Culture, memories, Rouen Jazz Action, Steve Lacy, The Guardian on December 21, 2019 by xi'an
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