French police charged for beating a black man.
Four police officers have been arrested for assaulting a black man Michel Zecler over the weekend and many are accusing them for being racist.
By Pamela Munyoro
Paris investigating magistrate charged all four officers with assault by a person holding public authority, while three of them were charged with fabricating their statements on the incident.
Having police officers misuse their power while on duty scares most and no one feels safe anymore if they continue to act like this and showing racism traits.
The officers said they approached Zelcer because he was not wearing a mask and there was a strong smell of cannabis coming from his bag. Inasmuch this is true, it does not give the police the right to assault him badly they way they did.
President Emmanuel Macron summoned cabinet ministers and parliamentary leaders to a crisis meeting in a way to come up with ideas on how they will reinstall confidence between the police and the rest of the French citizens.
Thousands of protesters rallied in the streets of Paris, protesting against the law, leaving many wounded and badly injured.
This incident has raised fears that the new law French MPs approved last week of restricting the right to publish or broadcast images of police on duty will be used to cover up wrongdoings like this incident.
A lot needs to be done in France to reconstruct the relationship between the police and the rest of population.
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