French police gain more rights to use weapons in self-defense … Totalitarian Tiptoe

‘The French Parliament has approved a bill which relaxes self-defense restraints on police officers, stiffens penalties for contempt of law enforcement, and allows anonymity of investigators.
The public security bill was passed by the Senate, the upper chamber of the French parliament, on Thursday, according to a statement on their website.
Municipal police officers will be permitted to use their weapons “in cases of absolute necessity,” when “armed persons threaten their lives or their physical integrity or those of others,” the text states.’

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