Three police officers in Amiens, France, have been suspended from duty following a racist outburst in a bar in the town.
The three men shouted anti-Semitic and white supremacist slogans, and made Nazi salutes, after bursting in to Le Goodness bar.
The owner of the bar has filed a writ against the officers, saying that he was threatened with “reprisals”, including the forced closure of his bar, if he revealed what they had done.
An account on the website of the National Office for Vigilance against Anti-Semitism (BNVCA) said that five people, including three police officers, shouted “sieg heil” and “heil Hitler” before shouting “violently anti-Semitic” slogans and throwing several Nazi salutes.
According to the BNVCA report the slogans included “death to the Jews” and “we need to open the gas chambers”.
The interior ministry confirmed the account, adding that the men responsible had been suspended from their duties.
Michele Alliot-Marie, the Interior Minister, issued a statement strongly condemning “this intolerable behavior … which is in total contradiction with the police force’s code of ethics.”
A disciplinary investigation has been launched by the Inspector-General of Police (IGPN) into the affair.
Source:
www.telegraph.co.uk
Date: Feb 8, 2008
By Tom Chivers
Photo: AFP Copyright 2008
