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Death of Nahel: a silent march one year later
Death of Nahel: a white march one year later
(franceinfo)
A year ago, Nahel’s death during a police check sparked days of riots. His mother called for a silent march this Saturday afternoon where several hundred people gathered in Nanterre.
One year after the death of her son Nahel, the pain of Mounia, his mother, is still as acute. “When I go home, I no longer have anyone, I no longer have my baby”, she declares. For the demonstrators, the need for justice, the slogan of this silent march, is still as ardent as ever. The latter also demand a change in police doctrine, particularly in working-class neighborhoods.
“Without cameras, we believe the police’s version and that’s what needs to be stopped”, explains a mother of a victim of police violence. There were several hundred of them, sometimes coming from very far away for this tribute to Nahel, perhaps the last. Her mother says she may no longer have the strength to repeat such an operation. Mounia demands that justice be done for her son and that the police officers involved be punished.
