The killing of Nahel Merzouk in a Paris suburb exposes social fault lines in the French society and shines light on how people from immigrant backgrounds are often subjected to unjust and targeted police brutality. Opinion | Nevzat Celik
A protester holds a placard reading "Did you have a good day Dad? -Yeah, I killed a kid your age" in Bordeaux, south-western France during one of the protests over the shooting of a teenage driver by French police in a Paris suburb.
Considering the trigger — the fatal shooting of 17-year-old Nahel Merzouk by a French police officer in a broad daylight last Tuesday for what appears to be a minor traffic violation — the ongoing unrest appears to be a symptom of a chronic disease: years of systemic racism and class inequality that has divided France into two parts.
The French government deployed a police force of 45,000 men and dispatched dozens of armoured vehicles. Within a week, at least 3,000 people were detained. In 2016, the death of Adama Traore — a Black French man — while in police custody triggered protests against police brutality in France. His case drew comparisons to the George Floyd incident in the United States in 2020, making Traore a symbol in the fight against police brutality in France. The subsequent investigation report in 2021 further revealed the role played by French police in his tragic death.
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