France is losing its contrarian role in the world. Trying to copy Americans after George Floyd became a public crisis? Weak. What's wrong with them?
The old France I knew would just throw a black suburban kid off a building and say, "Houp! Mangeons des escargots!" to troll the world.
To exist France is champion for moralizing other countries , for lack of a strong economy and of real power of influence.
Democracy in France has been sick for too long, too much tension and it is exploding. Since the election of Macron, the country has never been so violent, the yellow vests movement, massive strike against pension reform ... Macron for lack of legitimacy and to govern against the people, had recourse to the police repression which became his life insurance. The problem now is that he is totally dependent on them and will never dare to criticize them because his political survival depends on it.
The Chouviat affair took place in January 2020 (during the strike agains pension reform) but who came to the fore because of the events in the USA.It was a driver who was violent and the police who wanted to use force instead of calming him . There is a problem with intervention methods, but the biggest problem today is the lack of respect from public representatives. I tell myself sometimes that it must be horrible to be a police officer in some places, you are insulted, provoked, stonned, but you must remain calm.