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Who was Nahel Merzouk and why did his killing spark riots across France?

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President Macron's Reaction to the Paris Killings

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights has called on France to seriously attack the profound problems of racism and discrimination among the forces of order. Since 2017, when they passed a law, which is now being called the license to kill law, the rate of fatalities at the hands of police has multiplied by five to six times. There were 13 people killed, shot dead last year by police because they refused to stop. And there have been three, including Nail, killed in the same way this year already. I'll continue my conversation with Laura Marlow after this short break.

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