The western media's narrative of the high violence of the French police against the protesters

In an article, a western media has criticized the high level of violence of the French police against the protesters.

According to Ambassador Arjan, the Austrian newspaper Standard in an article about the excessive violence of the French police against the protesters and raising criticisms of these violent behaviors and referring to the severe injuries caused by the police brutality wrote: A severed hand, a broken jaw, an injured eye are the news that have been published these days. In the meantime, criticism of the methods used by the police forces is increasing.

Several serious injuries to young people during school protests in France are intensifying the debate about the performance of the French police.

According to the latest statistics of the French Ministry of Interior, the IGPN police internal monitoring organization has initiated 36 investigations into the possible misconduct of officers. Here is the question: Is this country suffering from a crisis of police brutality?

Since the end of September, hundreds of thousands of French students have taken to the streets, mainly demanding better school facilities, more teachers and improved educational conditions. The movement is still ongoing and on Saturday, young people plan to join protests against the high cost of living.

Videos and reports of police brutality during student protests have repeatedly sparked public outrage.

In Lens, a 15-year-old boy lost his hand after a police stun grenade exploded. The police argued that the teenager took it; According to media reports, his lawyer denies this claim. A video circulating from Paris shows a police officer violently kneeling in the face of a protester.

In Torham, an investigation is underway against a police officer after a 16-year-old boy was injured in the eye. According to the public prosecutor, the nature of the injury is consistent with a rubber bullet.

According to reports, a 14-year-old teenager in Val-Dawaz district suffered a fractured jaw and lost most of his teeth after being hit by a tear gas bullet.

Another noteworthy point during these protests is the high number of arrests. Since the protests began, approximately 7,000 people have been arrested, including nearly 6,000 minors.

Camille Vanier, a lawyer who represents some of these youths, condemned on France Info radio the "massive and indiscriminate arrests" of minors, most of whom have no criminal record.

Sebastien Roche, a French sociologist, stated that these arrests have become the pillar of a new and aggressive policy of maintaining order in demonstrations.

Some other experts have also supported these young people affected by police brutality. For example, a group of about 50 lawyers from the Paris Bar Association condemned this "disproportionate" and "violent" crackdown in an open letter.

The French Human Rights League also condemned what it called "brutal police tactics to maintain public order". According to the union, these tactics, which have been implemented for several years, ignore freedom of assembly and freedom of expression.

The union expressed outrage at the "indiscriminate use" of tear gas, rubber bullets and stun grenades. "France is the only country in Europe that uses these weapons against its own people - and in this case, against its own children," the union said.

Amnesty International also expressed concern about the high violence of the French police and once again called for an end to the use of rubber bullets and grenade launchers.

The spokesperson of the United Nations Human Rights Office in Geneva said that they are following these incidents "with concern".

Of course, criticism of the French police is nothing new. For years, human rights organizations such as Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch have complained that French police sometimes use discriminatory and disproportionate force, and that mechanisms to monitor and punish misconduct are not effective enough.

At the international level, pictures of Bali Bagaioko, the mayor of the suburb of Saint-Denis in Paris, have been published, standing in front of the protesters who are facing the police forces and protecting them.

He told the Guardian that the small minority of people who used the protests as an opportunity to cause unrest did not justify the disproportionate use of force by the authorities.

According to the Prime Minister of France, Sebastien LeCorneau, more than 900 emergency personnel and nearly 150 education workers were injured during these student protests. In his speech, he stated that the student movement has turned into an urban unrest movement.

Nevertheless, the French Ministry of Interior supported the violent actions of the police and said: "The security forces of the Republic do not repress the youth." Instead, they intervene "with determination" to end acts of violence perpetrated by rioters.