Guest of franceinfo, this Sunday, June 7, Frédéric Potier, interministerial delegate for the fight against racism, anti-Semitism and anti-LGBT hatred, was asked about the revelation of the existence of a private group on Facebook reserved for the forces of the order and where racist messages are exchanged.
He said wait exemplary sanctions in this area
on the facts been proven. Friday, the Minister of the Interior Christophe Castaner seized the justice and the parquet floor of Paris opened an investigation.
“A duty of exemplarity”
We must be very demanding of them, because they are the ones who carry out legitimate violence, the only legitimate one in a democratic society. They have a duty of exemplarity as civil servants, and a fortiori as civil servants who exercise this type of prerogatives
, added Frédéric Potier.
He points out that racism has no place in democracy, racism has no place in the police
. When you are a civil servant, whatever your level, whatever your grade, you represent the Republic, you represent the State and you therefore have a duty of exemplarity
, he adds.
“A significant generational gap”
According to him, there is a significant generational gap between young peacekeepers who arrive in the national police and who are very sensitive to these issues, and other police officers who have been in service for a few years and who may be less so, because these issues weren’t addressed
before in training.
There is this initial formation and obviously also a subject of permanent formation. We do it too, just I think we still have room for improvement
, he added.
The shock wave caused by the death of George Floyd in the United States continued to spread Saturday in France where more than 23,000 protesters, according to the Interior Ministry, denounced the police violence and demanded justice for all
.
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