I once lost the ignition key to a hire car. Stranded in a small Norman town, ten kilometres from home, writes John Lichfield. I knocked on the door of the local gendarmerie. A kindly gendarme drove me home.
France's top constitutional authority said on Thursday it had rejected a key article of a new security law that could see prosecutions of people who publish photos or film footage of police officers.
The French government sent police reinforcements on Tuesday evening to two Paris suburbs to try break a cycle of gang violence after two 14-year-olds were stabbed to death in separate brawls.
The French government begins a public consultation exercise on Monday aimed at devising ways to increase public confidence in the police that has been eroded by repeated scandals over racism and brutality.
Six NGOs filed a formal notice to the French government on Wednesday demanding an end to what they said was racial profiling by police through identity checks, or else face a class action.
They appear in the news almost weekly, smashing windows and setting fires, but who are France’s ‘Black Blocs’ and what do they want? Ingri Bergo talked to one activist about her life of violent protest.
Two of France's largest police unions have called on their members to stop performing ID checks or even arrests after President Emmanuel Macron laid out a plan to deal with discrimination and violence by police.
French MPs will completely rewrite the contentious Article 24 of the security bill that restricts the publication of images of police, which caused thousands to take to the streets in protest across France this weekend.
Four French police officers have been charged in connection with the beating of a black man in Paris, as President Emmanuel Macron summoned ministers to an emergency summit.
France's interior ministry said 62 police officers were injured and 81 people arrested during the nationwide protests against police violence on Saturday as a press freedom group denounced the "unacceptable" injury of an award-winning Syrian photojournalist.
Thousands took to the streets across France on Saturday to protest against a new security law that would restrict sharing images of police, days after footage showed police officers beating and racially abusing a music producer.
Dozens of rallies are planned on Saturday against a new French law that would restrict sharing images of police, only days after the country was shaken by footage showing officers beating and racially abusing a music producer.
French authorities on Friday detained four police officers suspected of beating and racially abusing a music producer in Paris in a case that President Emmanuel Macron said "shames us".
French President Emmanuel Macron is "very shocked" by the images of a black music producer being beaten by police in Paris, a presidential official said on Friday, as pressure grows over the incident.
France's interior minister on Thursday ordered the suspension of several police who beat up a music producer in central Paris after images posted on social media sparked new anger over the conduct of the security forces.
France's new interior minister has caused a bit of a stir by denying the use of the term police violence and saying that the French police use only 'legitimate violence'. So why has this caused outrage and what's the issue with the French police?
President Emmanuel Macron has promised a night work allowance for France's police force, after officers demanded greater government backing in the face of protests over claims of brutality and racism in their ranks.
French investigators have questioned four police officers over the January arrest of a Paris delivery driver who died after they allegedly pinned him to the ground as he repeatedly shouted "I'm suffocating", sources said on Monday.
Local authorities say that calm has been restored to the eastern French town of Dijon after four nights of running battles, so what is behind the violence?
Thousands paid tribute to George Floyd in Paris on Tuesday as the prime minister insisted that France and its security forces were "not racist", following a string of allegations of heavy-handedness and police brutality.
France's police watchdog said on Monday it had received almost 1,500 complaints against officers last year, as the country reels from protests against racism and brutality.
French police fired tear gas to disperse around 2,000 demonstrators protesting against racism and police brutality in the northern city of Lille on Thursday.
Paris might not be a city known for its gang culture but rivalries between groups of teenagers left a 15-year-old dead near Bastille at the weekend as the problem, fueled by social media, continues to concern police and authorities.
