Police in France protested this week over a government ban on using chokeholds to restrain suspects, with the technique coming under scrutiny following the deaths of George Floyd in the US and a string of similar incidents in France.
But in France the technique was used 2,350 times in 2019 alone, equal to six times a day and a rise of 30 percent on the year before. https://www.france24.com/en/20200612-we-feel-insulted-french-police-protest-against-chokehold-ban
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French police protest chokehold ban, suspensions for officers suspected of racism
"Colleagues can't take this any more," Fabien Vanhemelryck of the National Police Alliance union told reporters after Friday's protesters arrived at the front gate of the interior ministry."We need to be protected, respected, supported. The police are never above the law, but they should never be left below the law," Vanhemelryck said. “They want to prevent us from working,” Unité SGP Police FO representative Yves Lefebvre said on BFM television. “Mr. Castaner appears to have heard us, but not heard us enough.”
Jacques Toubon, France's human rights ombudsman, urged a reversal of what he described as a "warring mentality" in law enforcement. Announcing the chokehold ban, Castaner pledged “zero tolerance” for racism in the police force, adding that the use of body cameras would be beefed up. https://www.france24.com/en/20200612-french-police-unions-protest-chokehold-ban-after-george-floyd-rallies
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PARIS 6-12 French police defied a ban on mass gatherings to protest what they see as a lack of government support, marching shoulder to shoulder Friday in central Paris to show their anger against new limits on arrest tactics — including a ban on chokeholds — and criticism of racism in their ranks. https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2020-06-12/french-police-demand-government-support-after-chokehold-ban
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