Steve Caniço

Thousands march in Nantes in memory of dead music fan Steve Caniço

France — Link

The 24-year old died a year ago after disappearing during a police charge at a Fête de la Musique party in the city in west France.

The inevitable tragedies as French government turns a blind eye to police violence

France — Opinion

Over the course of recent months, the French government has continued to deny the mounting evidence of unwarranted violent behaviour by police, notably during the rolling ‘yellow vest’ protests when an 80-year-old woman died after being hit by a teargas grenade fired at her window and hundreds of people, both demonstrators and bystanders, have been injured, many seriously. Last month, a 24-year-old man went missing after he fell into the Loire river in Nantes, in north-west France, during a police charge on a group partying to music on a quayside. In this opinion article, Mediapart’s Michaël Hajdenberg argues why, by refusing to condemn the abuses and even lending legitimacy to them, the executive has created a dangerous situation in which further tragic events appear inevitable.