French Police Warn Macron About Rising Violence By J?r?me RIVET
04/19/21 AT 1:18 PM
French police warned President Emmanuel Macron about rising levels of street violence, as he toured crime hotspots on Monday following a string of shocking assaults.
A spate of violent attacks in recent months has made fear of crime a top political issue ahead of presidential elections next year in which Macron is expected to seek a second term. We are faced with young people who are more organised, and more heavily armed, a policewoman named Ludivine told Macron in Montpellier.
Macron was driven around a poverty-wracked part of the southern city in a police car where he spoke to officers and observed drug-dealing spots.
French police warn Macron about rising violence
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