{
  "id": 15564633,
  "title": "How the phrase 'police violence' became taboo for the French government",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/18/how-the-phrase-police-violence-became-taboo-for-the-french-government",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-18T10:56:11.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Le Monde English",
    "slug": "le-monde-english",
    "url": "https://www.lemonde.fr/en/opinion/article/2026/10/18/how-the-phrase-police-violence-became-taboo-for-the-french-government_6758727_23.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "During the French Third Republic, the 'brutality' of law enforcement was regularly denounced without political leaders taking offense at the terms used or what they implied. Since then, it has become a 'forbidden word,' according to historian Arnaud-Dominique Houte.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}