Banned French Surveillance Video: Warning, Violent

An assault was recorded by bus CCTV and a policeman posted the video on a Facebook site. He has been arrested and suspended from his post. The authorities fear the video is being used by right-wing sites to stir up fear about racist violence by black and Arab youths against French citizens.

The delegate for Sud-RATP, the Paris transport workers union, said that the violence was unexceptional for late-night services. What is exceptional, he added, was for the public to see the images.

The timing is interesting coming as it does when the U.S. Department of Homeland Security warns against right-wing extremists stirring up racial hatred.

The only hatred arises from government officials and their campaigns against their citizens.