NGOs and MPs Warn of a Presumption of Legitimate Use of Weapons for Law Enforcement
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As MPs prepare to consider a bill on the presumption of self-defence of police officers and gendarmes, oppositions denounce a text deemed "dangerous" NGOs and
The text, which is to be debated in the National Assembly on Tuesday, is very strongly contested because of the risks of legal "confusion" and untimely use of their service weapon by the police and gendarmes. A petition against its implementation exceeds 200,000 signatures on the Assembly's website.
While a bill is due to be discussed in the National Assembly on 7 July, independent associations and authorities are trying to warn about the dangers of the bill, and they fear its adoption.
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A bill supported by the government aims to establish a presumption of legitimate use of weapons for law enforcement officials. The advocates of the bill emphasize their desire to stop making law enforcement agents "suspect suspects." But for its critics, this law could increase the use of fire and violate the rule of law.
On 7 July, the National Assembly is about to debate a text that advocates the establishment of a "presumption of self-defence for the law enforcement forces". Under the cover of protecting those who protect us, this bill operates a dynamiting of the rule of law. Since the law of 2017 softening the rules of fire during refusals to comply, this bill...
It is a highly symbolic text on a particularly flammable subject which will be discussed this week at the National Assembly. Tabled by the deputy Eric Pauget (The Republicans, Alpes-Maritimes), Bill No. 691 was originally intended to establish a presumption of self-defence for the benefit of the police, gendarmes and municipal police officers. Its examination had begun during the parliamentary niche of the right in the last January, but without …
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