Macron Backs Kin Of Teener Killed By French Cops

French President Emmanuel Macron came out quickly and strongly in support of the family of 17-year-old Nahel M, calling his shooting by police "inexplicable and inexcusable," Hugh Schofield reported for BBC News.

Photo Insert: The teenager was shot in his car in the Paris region after failing to stop when ordered to by traffic police.

The teenager was shot in his car in the Paris region after failing to stop when ordered to by traffic police. Video of the incident on social media shows an officer pointing a gun at the driver of a car.

The officer then appears to fire at point-blank range as the driver tries to drive off.

Nonetheless, French police sent up to 40,000 lawmen to prevent riots in Nanterre, where the shooting happened, and in many French cities where protests continued for the second day, the Associated Press (AP) reported.

Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne said the video of his killing contained "shocking images showing a police intervention manifestly in contravention of the rules."

And Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin said that if the "content of the video is confirmed, there is no way that the act which we see there can be justified."

It looks very much as if the government has made a coordinated effort to send out a message of appeasement and pacification. The police unions are not happy.

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