Nice town you live in, Norman

[woolybanana]

From the DM:

Last week prosecutors in Béziers, in the south of France, announced that officers were facing criminal charges after a father-of-three died while under arrest for breaching the Coronavirus lockdown.

Three officers were videoed dragging Mohamed Gabsi, 33, along the ground during a curfew.

They are suspected of ‘intentional violence by a public official leading to manslaughter’ and ‘non assistance of a person in danger’.

The offences come with a potential combined prison sentence of 15 years plus, said local prosecutors.

The case is particularly sensitive because Mr Gabsi was a Muslim, and Béziers is run by a far-Right mayor who is supported by the National Rally party, which used to be called the National Front.

Mr Gabsi had suffered a heart attack by the time he arrived at a local police station, and witnesses saw two of the officers sitting on top of him in their patrol car.

Mr Gabsi’s suspicious death follows numerous complaints about police racism as forces across France enforce one of the strictest lockdowns in Europe.

A spokesman for France’s Human Rights League described the death of Mr Gabsi, who was from an Arab background, as a ‘scandal that shows how the poor are being killed’ by the lockdown.

[NormanH]

I have been describing the place as it is for years...

[mint]

And so you have, Norman, not to mention press stories about your mayor.

[alittlebitfrench]

Not really that much different to most places in France to be fair.

Aurillac has a problem at the moment.

https://www.lefigaro.fr/actualite-france/aurillac-minee-par-la-violence-la-drogue-et-la-delinquance-20200305

Beziers vs Aurillac ?

One is rural and one is not.