French minister rages against Copwatch website

France’s interior minister has lodged a legal complaint against a website that publishes photographs and video footage of police officers with the declared aim of "monitoring those who repress us".

 Interior Minister Claude Gueant has filed a legal motion to block a new police-monitoring website that has enraged law-enforcement officers in France. Gueant took specific aim at the site’s database, which reveals the names, photos – and sometimes political affiliations – of around 450 policemen from the regions of Paris, Calais and Lille.  Read More

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