Beyond ‘Bad Apples’: Tracing the colonial roots of French police

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Beyond ‘Bad Apples’: Tracing the colonial roots of French police
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“In the eyes of White Republican France, Muslims’ presence requires physical containment, psychological restraint, social control, and violent intimidation as well as the threat of mass punishment.” Opinion | Rayan Freschi

13 men of African descent died

at the hands of the police during a traffic stop in 2022 alone. Contemporary police brutality still lacks comprehensive data research in France. Nevertheless, the absence of data does not hinder our ability to prove the systemic nature of Islamophobic and racist police brutality. Indeed, the aforementioned historical overview proves the existence of institutional continuity in the police from colonial times to our era. If the structure of the different police forces were rearranged to adapt to a shapeshifting context for Muslims, the police’s function would remain unaltered. Its responsibility was and remains a political one. It is designed to violently oppose Muslims’ dissent and obstruct their political growth.

Modern-day Muslims’ presence is the complex result of a colonial conflict which ultimately ended in their forefathers’ favour. Similar to White America’s fear of Black-white equality, White Republican France is terrified by one notion: Muslims’ political will power. In the colonial era, the liberation struggle of Muslims in colonised lands resulted in the Republic’s weakening and, ultimately, defeat.

physical containment, psychological restraint, social control, and violent intimidation as well as the threat of mass punishmentThe uprisings open a new political season for Muslims in France. The French State will remain true to itself, continuing its colonial legacy of violence and oppression. Nonetheless, French Muslims went through their own maturation process. It ushered in a new generation of grassroot leaders fully dedicated to their community’s blossoming.

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