“You can't police yourself into social cohesion. You can't police yourself into a political future,” explains Andrew Smith, historian of modern France at Queen Mary University of London. He identifies a central paradox confronting the French Republic: the state may possess the means to impose p...
Source: [France24](https://www.france24.com/en/andrew-smith-warns-that-policing-political-blame-are-no-substitute-for-social-reform-public-trust)