In this series, La Loupe met those who were closest to this movement: police officer, trade unionist, journalist, mayor, deputy, magistrate… They began their careers with many ideals, but what about five years later late ? Today, Sarah, a young police officer, talks about how the police faced the violence of the yellow vests.
The team: Charlotte Baris (presentation and writing) and Jules Krot (editing and production).
Credits: HuffPost, AFP, BFMTV
Music and dressing: Emmanuel Herschon/Studio Torrent
Image credits: Geoffroy VAN DER HASSELT/AFP
Logo: Anne-Laure Chapelain/Benjamin Chazal
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Charlotte Baris: Before starting this last episode of our series “Testing the Yellow Vests”, I must inform you that the testimony you are about to hear has been anonymized. The one who tells us her story is a police officer and therefore subject to what we call the duty of confidentiality.
This does not mean that law enforcement officers do not have the right to have their opinion, but it does mean that in the course of their work or when they are presented as police officers, they cannot express their political, religious or philosophical beliefs.
Those we see on television sets and who we hear in reports can speak because they are unionized, or have a high place in the hierarchy. This is why the voices of police officers are often modified and their faces blurred.
Sarah is therefore not the real first name of the policewoman you are about to hear. During her story, she also remains vague about the brigade she was part of or the places where she was stationed during the yellow vests. But his testimony remains essential for our series…
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