France: New far-left mayor wants to disarm police, tells those ‘not aligned with our political project’ to leave (opens in new tab)

Newly elected mayor of Saint-Denis, Bally Bagayoko, of the far-left La France Insoumise (LFI) has confirmed that he will align with the LFI campaign promise of disarming municipal police. This refers to calls to remove the less-lethal riot guns used, which typically fire projectiles such as rubber bullets, sponge bullets, beanbag rounds, pepper spray or tear […]