To the right, the opinions are shared, or at least nuanced, on the subject of “police violence” in France. With the exception of Rachida Dati. Guest Tuesday evening on Canal +, the candidate LR at the Paris city hall has explained to have been “a shock” at the death of George Floyd, a man of afro-american asphyxiated by a police officer in the United States. This drama reminded him of some of the scenes in France. “When I saw George Floyd under the knee of this police officer… I have not been able to finish the video. Because I have seen young people who were arrested and who did not come back”, she told.
“I am not a victim”
The candidate is moved. His voice is shaky. “When he said, ‘I can’t breathe’, I’ve heard it in cells in police custody. But we can’t say. If we say, we will say : ‘It is an attack on the Republic that has given so much’. You can’t silence it,” said Rachida Dati, by acknowledging that you have “been able to shut up sometimes”. “We’re in a society where, if the emotion is overflowing, if you say things… I’ve lived such things… It is said that you victimisez. I am not a victim” , she hammered.