French police man handle African women and children

I was browsing World Star HipHop when I came across this video. It is so painful to watch. The people in the video have been living in the street after being evicted from their tower block council homes so that they can be demolished and replaced with a new housing project.  Surely these ladies with babies and some heavily pregnant as you can see would not just decide to sleep on the street.

This incident occurred on July 21, 2010 in La Courneuve, France. The protest had been going on since 8 July 2010. The police are shown dragging mothers away knowing that babies are tied to their backs. In one scene you could see a baby almost squashed under its mum. Some of what I have read so far says that the government had offered very short term hotel housing, however the protests and squats developed out of a need for a more long term solution. The were only being offered 3 to 12 nights in a hotel. I thought these so called civilised countries in the west would have thought ahead of themselves and re-housed people before making them homeless.

I would love to know more about these ladies plight. Especially since the French government and police have tried to keep all cameras out. There is definitely more to this story.

This video gives some commentary below. There is some bias and the repoter comes across very flippant.


Read more here on CNN and check out MediaPart who filmed the footage. The site is in French but google can translate for you.

Missing – Audrey Nyanor 18 months old

I was reading Mad News Blog when I came across this story. A young toddler named Audrey Nyanor was given to a stranger or simply the wrong person by the Metropolitan Police in error. Her mum was arrested on immigration grounds and arrangements were made for family and friends to collect the little girl. However a woman who claimed to be a friend of the mum turned up and took her. Police say the details matched who they thought was coming for her.

In the Guardian article it shows that it took just ten minutes between the stranger arriving and being handed the girl. Now Audrey is missing. The lady who took her knew information about who was supposed to collect her. But ten minutes. Surely her mum should have been allowed to identify the woman before the hand over.

Audrey was last seen wearing pink trousers, pink coat and a multi-coloured pink and white hat. She is of Ghanaian heritage.

Anyone with information should call the incident room on 020 8721 4906 or Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.

Update - Audrey has been found safe and well at an address in Harlesdon North London. Police have arrested a woman in her 30s. This is such good news for her family who can now go onto enjoy Christmas together.