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[–] SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org 15 points 6 days ago
[–] Onyxonblack@sopuli.xyz 5 points 6 days ago

All Cops are Nazis

[–] slaacaa@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

Wtf is going on? How do politicians not understand that police aggression will only make it worse?

France is not some ex-soviet state where you can crush these things with violence, and not face political consequences.

Oh my sweet summer child

[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 33 points 1 week ago (1 children)

"Everyone hates the police,” chanted a group of 15- and 16-year-olds. At least 215 teenagers, 715 police officers and 85 teaching staff have been injured in clashes in recent days, according to the government.

“We’re teenagers with wheelie bins, and the police have heavy weapons, it’s totally mismatched,” said Livia, 17, who was studying theatre at a lycée in northern Paris and did not want her real name published.

“The police are extremely violent in France. This is state violence and it’s horrible seeing police allowed to target children. It’s important to remember this is institutionalised violence, it’s planned and deliberate.”

It's important to remember in protests an "injury" can be anything from a cop needing a bandaid, but for protesters injuries are only reported when serious enough to involve a hospital, even then victims are unlikely to admit to being in a protest.

That's how you end up with 715 armed and armored police injuries but only 215 children injured.

Every injury a police officer "suffers" is a criminal charge for a protestor, even if they cut their hand punching you in the teeth.

Meanwhile police can use violence even if the victim hasn't committed a crime then charge with resisting and assaulting an officer.

The kids got a point.