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, for the family of the police officer who shot him.
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France Riots: French Police have detained children as young as 12 for protesting against racism and police brutality. The protests erupted in response to the police killing of Nahel Merzouk, a 17-year-old of Algerian descent. Over 3,400 people have been arrested, many of them children. President Emmanuel Macron has deployed thousands of heavily armed riot officers to major cities in an attempt to restore peace. | Malawi 24: Stay up-to-date with the latest news from Malawi and around the world, 24/7
The state-sanctioned violence committed against children such as Nahel M forces us to revisit the very question of childhood, its privileges, and its roots in the French imperialization of Africa.