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Jan 27, 2021 Omer Mas Capitolin poses in Paris, Tuesday. In a first for France, six nongovernmental organizations launched a class-action lawsuit today against the French government for alleged systemic discrimination by police officers carrying out identity checks. Omer Mas Capitolin, the head of Community House for Supportive Development, a grassroots NGO taking part in the legal action, called it a mechanical reflex for French police to stop non-whites, a practice he said is damaging to the person being checked and ultimately to relations between officers and the members of the public they are expected to protect. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena) PARIS (AP) In a first for France, six nongovernmental organizations launched a class-action lawsuit today against the French government for alleged systemic discrimination by police officers carrying out identity checks.

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