like this, they ve asked for a bus and trams to stop early, 40,000 officers are being deployed across the country. and this was a little earlier, this was a march lead by nahel s mother, this is in nanterre, the suburb of paris where they are from. just to remind you of the actual incident again from earlier this week a police officer pointing his gun at the driver of a car before the trigger was pulled at point blank range. earlier, president emmanuel macron convened a crisis meeting with senior ministers. he described the violence as unjustifiable . translation: the last few hours have been marred - by violence against schools, town halls, and therefore against all institutions under the republic. and this is absolutely unjustifiable. and i want to thank all those who work to protect these institutions and restore calm. so for me, the next few hours must be a time for recollection and respect. so that was the message from emmanuel macron. you may have noticed there is a
and if you go a little further away you get some of the sites that are more familiar we aren t too far from the centre, but in this area which is normally quite busy and all the restaurants would be open in the areas around here, they are all shut now in anticipation of possible violence. so i think it s a real sense that this is a city on edge, but it s notjust paris, of course, there are other parts of the country where we saw unrest, parts of northern france for example. and so other parts of the country are also bracing themselves this is more than just an issue that people are feeling in paris now, it s become a countrywide issue, so you mentioned president macron this really is a problem he has on his hands. now you know, people did say that he came out quickly and condemned the actions of the police in the aftermath of the death of nahel, but
and this is absolutely unjustifiable. and i want to thank all those who work to protect these institutions and restore calm. so for me, the next few hours must be a time for recollection and respect. so that was the message from emmanuel macron. you may have noticed there is a photo of nahel being used, but the family have asked that the media do not use that image, so that s why we are respecting that at this time. nahel s mother posted a video online talking about her son. translation: he was still a child, he needed his mother. he kissed me goodbye in the morning and said, i love you, mum. an hour later, i was told that someone shot my son. what shall i do? he was my life, he was everything to me.
mistrust of the police here in the wake of the killing of nahel. and earlier, i spoke to some of the people here who attended the march to get their thoughts. translation: why would you shoot on a kid like this? translation: why would you shoot on a kid like this? honestly, translation: why would you shoot on a kid like this? honestly, couldn t- a kid like this? honestly, couldn t you just a kid like this? honestly, couldn t you just hit a kid like this? honestly, couldn t you just hit the car or the tire? this you just hit the car or the tire? this is you just hit the car or the tire? this is ridiculous, france has gone crazx this is ridiculous, france has gone crazy. africans help to build this country. crazy. africans help to build this country, just look around you, we built country, just look around you, we built that country, just look around you, we built that. and now the grandchildren of those who came and helped grandchildren of those who came and helped fr
like this, they ve asked for a bus and trams to stop early, 40,000 officers are being deployed across the country. and this was a little earlier, this was a march lead by nahel s mother, this is in nanterre, the suburb of paris where they are from. just to remind you of the actual incident again from earlier this week a police officer pointing his gun at the driver of a car before the trigger was pulled at point blank range. earlier, president emmanuel macron convened a crisis meeting with senior ministers. he described the violence as unjustifiable . translation: the last few hours have been marred - by violence against schools, town halls, and therefore against all institutions under the republic.