indignation of Mbappé and players of the French football team

” I hurt my France. An unacceptable situation ! wrote Kylian Mbappé and his 12 million followers on Twitter. Jules Kounde, defender of the France team, denounced him “a police blunder”. Mike Maignan, the goalkeeper of the Blues and AC Milan, wonders: ” A ball in the head. It’s always for the same, that being in the wrong leads to death “.

Behind these reactions, like that of Ryan Cherki, scorer on Wednesday evening with the France U23 team (” Everybody knows what happened “), there is the bitterness of players from immigrant backgrounds, many of whom grew up in difficult neighborhoods. Their feeling is that there are double standards in the law enforcement response.

Aurélien Tchouameni, Real Madrid midfielder, has published a long letter on social networks. ” Nahel could have been my little brother, I would like to understand why the trigger seems much less heavy when it comes to a certain type of individuals. Understand why a video had to come out for the case not to be covered up. »

After the death Tuesday in Nanterre of Nahel, for the second consecutive night, clashes, riots broke out in Nanterre, but also, the night of Wednesday to Thursday, in other French cities. There were fires and several damages to public property. One hundred and fifty people were arrested. The President of the Republic Emmanuel Macron denounced this Thursday morning ” scenes of unjustifiable violence against institutions and the Republic “.