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The malaise of the French police

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Marc Perelman interviews Sophie Body-Gendrot, a professor at Paris IV University, a researcher with the CNRS-CESDIP and a member of the French civilian police review commission ; Emmanuel Roux, the Deputy secretary general of the National Union of Police Superintendents; Timothé Artale, a police lieutenant, who is the representative of SGP-FO/Unité police union; and Patrick Klugman, a lawyer and vice-president of SOS Racisme and currently writing an essay on police custody.

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Click here to watch part 2 with Sophie Body-Gendrot, Emmanuel Roux, Timothé Artale, and Patrick Klugman.

 

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Why English?

by Anonyme - 12/12/2009 - 06:02

Why do you have these interviews in English? Obviously it's difficult for some people to explain their thoughts! They should speak in French, and you have subtitles, or a voice-over in English. This is silly. It's difficult to listen to what they say, and they have difficulties explaining well what they think.

Just my thoughts. Otherwise I like very much france24.

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