Macron U-Turn Leaves French Police Chief to Take Heat Over Abuse
- Government reviewing plans to criminalize videos of police
- France’s top cop to face Senate on Tuesday afternoon
Demonstrators protest against the global security law, at the Place de la Republique in Paris, France, on Nov. 28.
Photographer: Julien Mattia/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images
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Emmanuel Macron’s police chief faces a grilling on Tuesday with the French government on the defensive after three officers were filmed attacking a Black man last month.
National Police Director General Frederic Veaux will be questioned by a Senate committee in Paris on Tuesday just a day after Macron’s governing party retreated from plans to criminalize the filming of police officers following a weekend of protests.