This is when ABUSES of POWER go way too far
I come from AFRICA but lived in France for more than a decade before immigrating to Canada. I have also been to Germany and New Zealand - countries where POLICE VIOLENCES seem MUCH less prevalent than in France, the US or even Canada. (OTHER BLOGS at the BOTTOM) FRANCE, in the end of early 2000 As mentioned earlier, France has also some issues with police brutality, particularly affecting visible minorities. However, I never expected that Canada, especially Alberta and to some extent Quebec, would face similar problems. I remember a story from 2002, when I was attending a university in Paris. A girl in my program was dating a Black man (in his early 20s) who was ambitious and determined to succeed and make a difference. One night, as he walked back home minding his own business, he stumbled upon an identity check on the way back, which went “south” (the attitude if the police was extremely aggressive) and he was quite brutally beaten by French police officers and returned home ser...