French Deputies Dismiss Petition Against Police Use-of-Force Presumption Law
The French National Assembly's Law Committee voted 35-21 to dismiss a petition with over 720,000 signatures opposing a bill that would create a presumption of lawful use of firearms by police and gendarmes. The bill, sponsored by deputy Eric Pauget, establishes that law enforcement officers are 'presumed to have acted' within the law when using their weapons, with the presumption being rebuttable by contrary evidence. Supporters argue it will prevent systematic suspicion and police custody for officers, while critics on the left call it a 'license to kill' and note France already has the highest rate of police killings in the EU. The committee majority argued that debating the petition would be redundant with the ongoing legislative process, as the bill has already passed the National Assembly and been sent to the Senate. This follows a similar dismissal of a petition against the Yadan anti-Semitism bill in April.
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