European court ruling puts France, other countries on notice for racial profiling NABJ Black News & Views

European court ruling puts France, other countries on notice for racial profiling NABJ Black News & Views

PARIS — Issa Coulibaly was just an adolescent the first time French police stopped him. He was on his way to a local gym in his Paris neighborhood, glad to escape the cramped apartment he shared with his parents and seven siblings, when a white police officer pulled him into a patrol car. “I remember the sensation, the surprise, and the kind of questions they asked,” said Coulibaly, who had immigrated from Mali as a baby. The officers wanted to …