Élisabeth Borne judges “very shocking” the “outrageous” remarks of Jean-Luc Mélenchon on the police

Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne reacted on Tuesday in the program “Ma France” on France Bleu to the words of Jean-Luc Mélenchon, who assumed in the morning on France Inter his tweet where he wrote “the police kill”. She judges “very shocking the way that Jean-Luc Mélenchon systematically attacks the police”. To view this Twitter content, you must accept Social Network cookies. These cookies allow you to share or react directly on the social networks to which you are connected or to integrate content originally posted on these social networks. They also allow social networks to use your visits to our sites and applications for the purposes of personalization and advertising targeting. I authorize Manage my choices “I find it very shocking the way Jean-Luc Mélenchon systematically attacks the police with totally outrageous remarks. French. After what happened this weekend with a death, it is obviously tragic. A judicial investigation is underway. There is also an investigation by the IGPN. But you see, we cannot have , like Mr. Mélenchon, a presumption of guilt vis-à-vis the police.” “More and more refusal to comply” The Prime Minister believes that “there is more and more refusal to comply with vehicles that can run into the police, which can endanger them”. If the police can use their weapon in self-defense “each case must be looked at carefully and see what the circumstances are. It is not my role. Justice is seized and it is justice that will say what happened,” she added. Jean-Luc Mélenchon reaffirmed on France Inter his remarks on the police after the death of a passenger during a traffic check in the 18th arrondissement of Paris, remarks denounced by part of the political class. The leader of La France insoumise had written on social networks “the police kill”, and considers him guilty of applying “the death penalty for a refusal to comply” and of exercising “an unacceptable abuse of power”. To view this Twitter content, you must accept Social Network cookies. These cookies allow you to share or react directly on the social networks to which you are connected or to integrate content originally posted on these social networks. They also allow social networks to use your visits to our sites and applications for the purposes of personalization and advertising targeting. I authorize Manage my choices To display this Twitter content, you must accept Social Network cookies. These cookies allow you to share or react directly on the social networks to which you are connected or to integrate content originally posted on these social networks. They also allow social networks to use your visits to our sites and applications for the purposes of personalization and advertising targeting. I authorize Manage my choices