This Tuesday, June 27, 2023, Nahel, a 17-year-old teenager, was the victim of police fire after refusing to comply in Nanterre. Since the tragedy, clashes have broken out in the Hauts-de-Seine and many personalities are indignant on social networks. In shock, Kylian Mbappé also took over his Twitter account to share his pain. “I feel bad for my France. An unacceptable situation. All my thoughts go out to Nahel’s family and loved ones, this little angel gone far too soon.”, wrote the famous football player the day after the death of the young man. A reaction which, it seems, was not unanimous.
Guest of Estelle Denis on the set of her show Estelle Noon this Thursday, June 29, 2023, Laurent Dandrieu, culture editor at Current Valuesdid not mince his words regarding the athlete’s position. “I resent the media personalities and the various and varied stars”he explained in particular before adding: “Personally, I don’t care about Mbappé’s opinion on this subject. I don’t see in what capacity he speaks. We don’t hear him on other subjects… There is in the tone of his declarations a idea that the inhabitants of the neighborhoods would be eternal victims. By definition, the very idea of police control in these neighborhoods is illegitimate… It is something that we hear”.
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Nuanced remarks
If he regrets the intervention of the footballer, he does not excuse the police officer implicated in this case. “Indeed, this police officer’s response was disproportionate, but the fact remains that the subject of refusals to comply is a real subject. We can understand that this puts the police under pressure and that they will certainly work with the This in no way excuses the slippages, but this idea that the neighborhoods would be eternal victims and the police eternal culprits is systemic.
Should public and political figures call for calm? @Dandryeu : “I’m very angry with media personalities, I don’t care about Mbappé’s opinion on this subject. I don’t see in what capacity he speaks.”#EstelleMidipic.twitter.com/mRjMHTagJK
— Estelle Midi (@EstelleMidi) June 29, 2023
“We saw it with the Annecy attack. Very quickly we said: ‘We must not draw general rules on immigration from it, this is an isolated case’. On the other hand, when a police officer a blunder, there it is the generalization: ‘The police kill”he lamented after pointing the finger at the politicians who seek to “to hysterize the debate, to pit people against each other in the hope of being able to benefit from it.
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