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A video recording by chance of an assault revives the debate on police abuse in France

Law enforcement officials in Carcassonne, a city in the south of the country, are already under investigation for leaking homophobic, racist and misogynistic conversations.

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A police officer is under investigation after a video was published showing him throwing a person of migrant origin to the ground in Carcasona, a city in southern France. The incident occurred on June 21, during France's Music Festival. The video was posted after racist, homophobic, and misogynistic conversations of one of the local police officers were leaked.

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