they re all going down one of the side streets off here. there s been a lot of police activity on the side streets off here at the champs elysees. and on the other side there, more police vans. i mean, this is a massive security operation that goes well beyond this part of paris, across france. and the government says it s deployed some 16,000 police officers tonight, that s the same as the number they deployed last night, in anticipation of another evening of violence, and there were some rumours and conversations on social media that there may be protesters all gathering here at the champs elysees, that s why we think there s been this beefed up police presence, particularly here. in previous nights we ve seen most of the violence focused in paris, in the suburb of nanterre which is where 17 year old nahel was killed by a police officer, whose death of course sparking these protests in the last few days. and rajini when you speak to people there in paris, you ve also been there, as y
what do they tell you about how they feel about the protests and also the subsequent unrest that we ve seen? well of course, with anything like this, people are divided. so on the one you have protesters, you have the people who are taking to the streets violently, and in many cases when you talk to people, they say that the reason they ve come out to the street was originally sparked by the killing of nahel and that opened up a wider disenchantment over the way that they say the police the police they believe is meant to protect them, but they say does not the way that police polices people, particularly from minority communities apologies, it s obviously quite noisy here. car horns beeping constantly. ..and they re taking to the street because they believe the police is racist and discriminatory and they want things to change, and that accusation about the police being racist and discriminatory is one that was even
who sympathise with the sentiments behind these protests. people we have spoken to in the suburb where 17 year old nahel was shot by a police officer say they believe that french police are racially profiling people. they are crows damage accuse they accuse them of overreach. we can hear now from a professor who has studied these issues. firstly, tell us about research you have looked into, many people accusing france s police of being racist, even the un saying french police needs to look into issues of discrimination. the french police unions and the french government saying there is no foundations in those accusations. what you make of those accusations. what you make of those two different views? this
in terms of the damage, there are other people who sympathise with the sentiments behind these protests. people we have spoken to in nanterre, the suburb where 17 year old nahel was shot by a police officer say they believe that french police are racially profiling people. they accuse them of overreach. we can hear now from a professor who has studied these issues. it is very good to have you with us. firstly, tell us about research you have looked into, many people accusing france s police of being racist, even the un saying french police needs to look into issues of discrimination. the french police unions and the french government saying there is no foundations in those accusations. what you make of those two different views?
systemic problem of racism in france s police force. racial profiling and heavy handedness. they say that they will continue to protest unless something changes. let s see what happens tonight, let s see whether the words of nahel s grandmother will make a difference to the people who have been taking to the streets in violence. certainly last night when we were out in the centre of paris, it was a massive police presence in the tourist area. that definitely did deter some of the people we were expecting to see in their protest from coming out. huge police presence tonight. we can only wait and see what happens as the evening progresses. and see what happens as the evening rouresses. ., ~ and see what happens as the evening rouresses. ., ~ , ., , and see what happens as the evening rouresses. ., ~ y., , . progresses. thank you very much. of course, progresses. thank you very much. of course. lots progresses. thank you very much. of course. lots to progresses. thank you very much.