On today’s show we look at rebellions in France following the murder of a French-Algerian teenager by French police. Teenager Nahel was driving his vehicle when two police officers tried to pull him over for – what they say – were traffic violations. As Nahel tried to drive away, one of those officers shot into the vehicle, killing him. Multiple nights of unrest followed on the streets of France, and thirteen-hundred people voicing their anger were arrested in the process. We talk about the history of the violence of french policing and the current movement to end state terror in France with Alison Hird, the co-host and producer of Spotlight on France – a podcast on French society and history, as well as a journalist for Radio France Internationale.

Check out Alison Hird’s podcast episode about the uprising for RFI: https://www.rfi.fr/en/podcasts/spotlight-on-france/20230713-podcast-a-deeper-look-at-france-s-urban-riots-and-police-violence-nahel-l%C3%A9o-ferr%C3%A9

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