In France, the framework for police and gendarmerie interventions during ... some police officers were equipped with Heckler & Goch G36 assault rifles, in a device – two rifle carriers per ...

French police reject accusations of violence but protesters, journalists and experts decry the repeated use of weapons and restrictive preventative measures. French police are some of the most ...

After a police officer in France shot dead unarmed 17-year-old Nahel Merzouk during a traffic stop in Paris last week, two fundraisers were set up. One, to support the teen’s mother. The other ...

Protests have spread across France this week after a police officer shot and killed a 17-year-old boy of Arab descent in a Paris suburb. The case is the latest example of violence by French police ...

In France, anger over the police killing of a 17-year-old boiled over into protests for a second straight night in over a dozen cities. Protesters set fire to cars, trash cans and police stations ...