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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English By Associated Press Share on Facebook Print this page PARIS - In a first for France, six nongovernmental organizations launched a class-action lawsuit Wednesday against the French government for alleged systemic discrimination by police officers carrying out identity checks.
The organizations, including Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International, contend that French police use racial profiling in ID checks, targeting Black people and people of Arab descent.
They served Prime Minister Jean Castex and France s interior and justice ministers with formal legal notice of demands for concrete steps and deep law enforcement reforms to ensure that racial profiling does not determine who gets stopped by police.
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