Police filmed dragging women and babies during protest

Thair Shaikh
CNN
August 5, 2010

A video has emerged showing French police evicting African immigrants with babies and children during a housing protest in a Paris suburb.

Police arrived in the north-east Parisian suburb of La Courneuve last Wednesday and asked a group of about 60 mostly women and children to move, said Michael Hajdenberg, a journalist with the French media organization Mediapart.

The group had been living in the street since being evicted from their council homes on July 8 to make way for a new housing project, he said.

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When the group failed to respond to the request, Hajdenberg said police officers forcibly removed them.

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This article was posted: Thursday, August 5, 2010 at 9:00 am

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