Fundraiser for policeman who shot teenager

A crowdfunding campaign to raise money for the family of the policeman who shot dead teenager Nahel M. in France topped 1.4 million euros ($1.5 million) on Tuesday, outstripping donations to his victim’s family and drawing anger from a swathe of French society.
The fundraising effort was launched on the U.S. platform GoFundMe by French far-right media personality Jean Messiha who backed Eric Zemmour’s 2022 presidential run and has received more than 72,000 private donations.
Leftwing politicians have branded the fundraiser as shameful while the far right has defended a police force it says is a daily target for violence in the low-income suburbs that ring French cities.
It is a debate that reflects the deep fractures running through French society.
The police officer has been charged with voluntary homicide and remanded in custody.
Socialist Party leader Olivier Faure urged GoFundMe to shut down the campaign. “You are perpetuating an already yawning rift by supporting a police officer under investigation for voluntary homicide. Shut it down!” he wrote on social media.