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Nanterre residents in France complain of racism, police brutality after police kills teen

07 July 2023 02:24 (UTC +04:00)

Residents of Nanterre, a Paris suburb where a teen was killed by police, complained of racism and police brutality, APA reports.

Protests have rocked France since June 27, when an officer shot and killed Nahel M., 17, of Algerian descent, during a traffic check after he allegedly ignored orders to stop.

A., a young woman who has been living in Nanterre for three years, refused to give her full name but told Anadolu that police have mistreated residents for years.

Many of the officers do not deserve this profession, according to A., who added: "I was aggressed in the past, and police said there is no point in filing a complaint. It is not normal for a police officer to say that. It is not a surprise that they killed a young man. It is sad."

A., who used to live in the 19th district of Paris, deplored mistreatment by police. The young woman deplored the issue of skin color.

"Arresting an Arab or a Black does not end the same as arresting a White," she said. "There is a lot of racism and it seems banalized. Being racist is ordinary nowadays, unfortunately."