An interview with the director general of the national police in Le Parisien caused a stir in the political class and among the magistrates. In reaction to the incarceration of a policeman from the Marseille BAC, suspected of violence during the riots triggered by the death of Nahel, Frédéric Veaux declares that “before a possible trial, a policeman has no place in prison”. Why are these comments arousing outrage? The analysis of Christian Mouhanna, director of the Center for sociological research on law and penal institutions (CESDIP) and researcher at the CNRS.
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Controversy over the words of the director of the national police: There is a “panic in the face of demands from the base”
