Residents of Nanter (Paris of Paris), for the most part immigrants from Africa and Arab countries, complain about violence from law enforcement officers and the manifestation of racism in the country.
On June 27, a 17-year-old young man named Nael died from a police bullet in a suburb of Paris, after which Nanter turned from a peculiar symbol of police violence in the fifth republic.
The correspondent of “Anadolo” talked on the street with the residents of Nanter, representatives of all layers of society.
So one of the residents of the suburbs, who refused to call his name for security reasons, said that he has been living in the Nanter for 3 years, and the negative attitude of the police towards the residents of the suburbs has continued for many years.
According to him, most police officers in France consider themselves “unworthy” of this profession.
“I had previously been attacked. When I went to the police in this case, I was told that it makes no sense to file a complaint. It is abnormally when such words are pronounced by a police officer. So it is not surprising that the young man was shot. Sadly, really very sad, ”a resident of Nanter.
At the same time, he noted the suffering of his mother who lost his son.
“It is impossible to believe this, but a policeman family is gathering help. This means that people living here are not safe,” the man said.
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He said that he had lived in the 19th District of Paris, and the police never showed kindness to immigrants from Africa and Arab countries.
“For (police) is not the same to stop the white man, Arab or black,” the man said.
At the same time, a resident of Nanter attracted attention to the main duties of police officers, which are to ensure security and catch criminals.
“I think that we have a problem with skin color. Yes, there are a lot of incidents on the basis of racism, and it seems that now this has become a common occurrence. Unfortunately, to be a racist is a norm” – this is a norm. ” He said.
In turn, a resident of Nanter, a girl named Esma said that protests in France can be considered as a “riot against relations, not looting and robbery.” “The same people always pay the same people. These people (in the suburbs) are always delayed by the police,” said Esma.
According to her, the inhabitants of the suburbs can now declare themselves only such shares, and the police abuse their power. “This is always the same story. They use gross power and never conduct a dialogue,” Esma said.
“against the backdrop of what happened, young people felt pressure and considered that they became a target. They wanted to express themselves in their own way because it was the only way for them,” the girl added.
Another of the residents of Nanter Manel said that in French society it has already become the habit of belittling the significance and position of the inhabitants of the “problematic outskirts”.