France has ignored racist police violence for decades. This uprising is the price of that denial

The killing of 17-year-old Nahel shows how little has changed since the deaths of two teenagers fleeing police in 2005

Since the video went viral of the brutal killing by a police officer of Nahel, a 17-year-old shot dead at point-blank range, the streets and housing estates of many poorer French neighbourhoods have been in a state of open revolt.… Read the rest

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