The murder of George Floyd was the straw that broke the camel’s back. Faced with this tragedy, Omar Sy made a big decision in 2020: to launch an appeal and a petition to denounce police violence in France by demanding in particular a “police worthy of our democracy”. A letter that caused a stir and was not interpreted in the right way according to the actorUntouchable. Often described as “démago” after this position, the one who was violently tackled by Booba then went to France Inter to defend themselves at the microphone of Léa Salamé.
“In France, we can’t say that there is police violence. Why can’t we say that there are racist police officers?” he wondered a little over a year ago before adding: “It doesn’t mean the police are racist. I’m not against the police and I’m not saying the police are racist. I’m saying there are racist police. I’m not saying the police are violent , I say that there is violence in our world and in our society in France”. To support his remarks, and show that he was not making a generalization of the police, the actor continued by taking the example of members of the police force killed.
A passage that marked him
“When I see police officers killed, do you think that makes me happy, that I’m going to be happy? It’s madness to think that. There’s only one thing that matters to me, that’s is justice”he assured before concluding: “If the death penalty is still in France, let me know. For me, a dead policeman, Adama Traoré dead, there is something that bothers me, in the same way”. Shortly after his time with Léa Salamé, Omar Sy went to Mouloud Achour, in Click. This time, he mentioned the problem encountered by some young people, faced with the police who would “humiliate” them when they question them.
“What I’m talking about is violence that is real, that is concrete and suffered… And that’s serious and that’s what people need to protect from,” he pressed before adding : “We can talk about digital violence later. What is unbearable is this violence. It is concrete in words in the consideration that is in the humiliation of certain people. How is that possible? That has real consequences and the proof is that it degenerates. And that we have kids who grow up badly… it’s all these a priori that we have to dismantle”. A moment that seems to have greatly marked the main concerned. Since he made the choice to share it again in his story this Friday, July 29.
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