This is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 81%. (I'm a bot)

> Annie Ernaux, the 2022 Nobel literature laureate, has backed calls for a thorough investigation after four female students said they were sexually assaulted by police in the western city of Nantes following a protest against President Emmanuel Macron's deeply contentious pension reform.

> The incident took place on March 14 as a group of several dozen students returned from a union protest on the city's ring road. The students said they were surrounded and violently searched by police officers tailing them.

> Following the women's complaint, prosecutors ordered the police inspectorate, the IGPN, to investigate the accusations - a move deplored by Ernaux and her fellow signatories, who said the case should be handed over to a body independent of the police.

Extended Summary | FAQ | Feedback | Top keywords: police^#1 protest^#2 France^#3 students^#4 Nantes^#5

Annie would say pretty much anything if she thought it would get rid of Macron and leave an opening for Mélenchon, she's as left as it gets. That doesn't mean that she's wrong about this, but without more information regarding the nature and context of the searches, this sounds a lot like her usual brand of politics, i.e. throwing bombs.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_Ernaux#Political_activism

The police would never abuse their power though, no siree.

What part of:

> That doesn't mean that she's wrong about this, but without more information regarding the nature and context of the searches

Sounded to you like:

> The police would never abuse their power though

Well you're being hyperbolic with the "bomb throwing" comment and poisoning the well "let's wait for the evidence to come out from the people that are in charge of evidence while being accused of something". Useless comment

Oh yeah... waiting for evidence is sooo passé, everyone knows that just shouting into the void is the way to make things happen.

But yes, you are making useless comments.

[deleted]

Oh yeah. She's phenomenal. I highly recommend "A man's place" as a short and quick intro to her work and "The happenning" for a very personal story (note: all her books are personal) on abortion. "The years" is supposed to be her magnum opus, but I haven't read it yet.

Undemocratic* reform. Dictator-esque would also be acceptable

the fuck does her being a leftist have to do with police sexual abuse of students?

> an opening for Mélenchon

> she's as left as it gets.

Those two sentences do not compute together. There is a whole of a lot more "Left" of LFI.

Why did I not even need to finish reading the headline before I knew this was in Nantes?

I just read A Womans Story about her mothers life and death. Tore my heart out.

That's exactly what should happen when allegations like this are made, an investigation.

Its ok for people to criticize your comments. Its how we learn

What’s the story with Nantes?

Recent history of frequent-ish civil unrest, riot police being more aggressive than in other major French cities.

Crime has spiked in recent years, to a level near Marseille