Alexis Delafontaine / Photo credit: Riccardo Milani / Hans Lucas / Hans Lucas via AFP
“The shocking images” of Nahel’s death posted on social networks show a police intervention “which clearly does not comply with the rules of engagement of our law enforcement forces”, said Prime Minister Elisabeth on Wednesday. Thick headed. The police are under pressure from the government, but also from La France insoumise deputies, who visit the rioters arrested in the police stations.
It is a legal political step. After a first night of violence on Tuesday, linked to the death of young Nahel, deputies from La France insoumise visited the rioters arrested in the police stations on Wednesday. A right that MPs have. They can visit places of deprivation of liberty, such as prisons or police custody cells. “We said to ourselves that there could be a lot of people who were arbitrarily arrested and that also sends the signal that the deputies are watching and exercising their role of observation on the spot”, explains at the microphone of Europe 1 the rebellious Antoine Léaument, organizer of these visits since the demonstrations against the pension reform. explains his approach.
Visits that annoy the police
But the latter annoy the police, like this commissioner for whom it represents “a chore” which requires a lot of extra work. Especially since according to information from Europe 1, the rebellious deputies have already exceeded their rights by discussing with the detainees or by asking for the minutes, something which is totally prohibited. Antoine Léaument recognizes an error. “We didn’t necessarily know that we didn’t have the right. You know, Thomas Portes and I, we are new deputies. We also discover this power of deputies, so we don’t know that it’s not is not necessarily in our rights”, he says at the microphone of Europe 1. The rebellious affirm that they will continue these visits as long as, according to them, the arrests are arbitrary.