France: RSF and 13 journalists file complaint about French police violence

NewsReporters Without Borders (RSF) and 13 journalists who were the victims of police violence while covering France’s “gilets jaunes” (yellow vest) protests between November 2018 and May 2019 – when an unprecedented number of journalists were injured by police – filed a joint complaint at the public prosecutor’s office in Paris today.The complaint accuses unidentified police officers – who are tasked by the state with protecting lives and property – with deliberate violence against media personnel and damage to their property.

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