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The Minister of the Interior expressed himself, in a press conference, "on the question of racism and the questioning of the police".
"Everywhere, women and men gathered. This cry, I hear it. Racism has no place in the Republic. It is an abject, unbearable evil that hurts and kills."Interior Minister Christophe Castaner said in his address on Monday June 8. Proposals have been made to improve the ethics of the police." Emmanuel Macron asked me a few months ago to '' study the ethics of law enforcement. I will not let the actions of some cast reproach on an entire institution, "he assured." In recent weeks, too many have failed in their republican duty. This is unacceptable. We acted accordingly. "He said that he had asked the directorates of the gendarmerie and the national police "that a suspension be systematically considered for each proven suspicion of racist acts or remarks".
Another important announcement: a reform in relation to arrest techniques will be implemented. "The method of taking by the neck" will be abandoned, said the Minister of the Interior. The so-called "strangulation" will no longer be taught during training in police academies.
Christophe Castaner insisted on a point which was said during the questions and answers of the press conference: "I ask that the use of pedestrian cameras be reinforced during identity checks". He also wanted the police's RIO number to be systematically visible, which normally should already be the case. "I remind you of the obligation (…) Wearing the RIO number (identities and organization repository) is obligatory".
The Minister of the Interior also announced that police training will henceforth integrate sensitivity to discrimination.
Regarding the case of young Gabriel (who accuses the police of having struck him by seriously injuring his eye, in Bondy), Christophe Castaner considers "that he is not a man to speak on current cases ". "I believe in the justice of the courts not that of Twitter," he said. For the Minister of the Interior, it is important not to generalize things. A phrase said in relation to the Facebook groups bringing together thousands of people in whom racist and sexist messages were exchanged. "I refuse to say that the institution is racist, but yes, there are racist police officers. ", He confessed.
And Christophe Castaner says he launched "a reform of inspections", refuting the idea that the General Inspectorate of the National Police (IGPN) is a "washing machine".
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