Thousands March in France Against 'Licence to Kill' Draft Law
- On Sunday, thousands of protesters marched in Paris against a proposed law on the legitimate use of violence that critics say would be a "licence to kill" for police and gendarmes.
- Deputies in the National Assembly approved the bill in July, which presumes law-enforcement officers acted legally when using force; it now awaits a Senate vote.
- Mathilde Panot of the France Unbowed party joined Amnesty International and the League of Human Rights at the protest, telling the crowd, "The police kill already."
- Amal Bentousi, whose brother Amine was shot by police in 2012, described the bill as a "licence to execute" intended to "reverse the burden of proof" in such incidents.
- Despite the National Assembly's law committee dismissing a 730,000-signature petition against the bill in July, scores of additional marches occurred across France this weekend.
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The draft law on the presumption of legitimate use of weapons by law enforcement officials, which was submitted by the Republicans, had been adopted by the National Assembly in July.
More than 10,000 people, including many LFI sympathizers, marched on Sunday in Paris, Marseille, Lyon or Toulouse against the proposed law on the presumption of legitimate use of weapons by law enforcement officials, which, according to them, amounts to "a permit to kill". ...
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PARIS (ANP/AFP) - Thousands of people demonstrated in Paris on Sunday against a bill regarding the use of force by law enforcement officers. Politicians, human rights organizations, and other activists joined the protesters. The law is also referred to as a "license to kill." In the voo...
A few thousand people, including left-wing deputies and representatives of magistrates' unions, marched on Sunday against the proposed law on the presumption of legitimate use of weapons by law enforcement officials.
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