“we must trust in justice”, assures François Molins, the attorney general of the Court of Cassation

During the riots of 2005, François Molins, the current attorney general of the Court of Cassation, was stationed in Bobigny (Seine-Saint-Denis). Asked about the death of Nahel in Nanterre (Hauts-de-Seine), killed by a police officer after refusing to comply, the magistrate explains: “I’m afraid to witness what I had experienced in 2005.” He insists on the “difficulty of police work“in certain territories and on”the need to do one’s job in conditions that […] observe strict proportionality“.

To come back “to reason”

“We have Effectively, in a climate of tension, […] a kind of exacerbation with a situation of violence“, analyzes François Molins who indicates having seen the video on Twitter. Regarding a parallel with the 2005 riots, the Attorney General “think it goes up very quickly“and hope”that we will not face the same thing“. He wishes that “everyone come to their senses“, notably “these young people who take refuge in violence“. The magistrate assures that he “trust in justice“. It also specifies that police officers are not subject to a special regime.