Jean-Régis Véchambre, Retired Gendarmerie General: "We Are Not Meant to Repress by Striking an Individual to Correct or Punish Him" - Le Libre Thinker

Jean-Régis Véchambre points to a real tension: the militarization of the maintenance of order, if it is not accompanied by a clear and respectful doctrine of freedoms, risks undermining confidence in institutions. Its proposals, such as rethinking semantics and prioritising intelligence, are relevant avenues for reconciling public order and fundamental freedoms. Militarisation, if it may seem effective in the short term to contain violence, risk…