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The Monopoly of Violence

A group of citizens question and confront their views on the social order, and the legitimacy of the use of violent police force.

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David Dufresne

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Maintaining public order - The Monopoly of Violence

Maintaining public order

It's an old text, from 1919, - The Monopoly of Violence

It's an old text, from 1919,

It was inspired by Trotsky, - The Monopoly of Violence

It was inspired by Trotsky,

For her,
the consubstantial principle of power - The Monopoly of Violence

For her, the consubstantial principle of power

This policing system,
its approach to law enforcement, - The Monopoly of Violence

This policing system, its approach to law enforcement,

But everything we see in the speeches - The Monopoly of Violence

But everything we see in the speeches

It's either:
"Those horrible demonstrators - The Monopoly of Violence

It's either: "Those horrible demonstrators

Or it's:
"Those bad cops!" - The Monopoly of Violence

Or it's: "Those bad cops!"

To arms citizens! - The Monopoly of Violence

To arms citizens!

March, march! - The Monopoly of Violence

Our job is to make sure
you don't smash anything, - The Monopoly of Violence

Our job is to make sure you don't smash anything,

Whether you're far right, far left,
far center, - The Monopoly of Violence

Whether you're far right, far left, far center,

Do we let you riot and ransack, - The Monopoly of Violence

Do we let you riot and ransack,

To maintain order
you protect institutions, - The Monopoly of Violence

To maintain order you protect institutions,

Demonstrators might feel insecure,
thinking: - The Monopoly of Violence

Demonstrators might feel insecure, thinking:

We're taking the street
and we'll be right there - The Monopoly of Violence

We're taking the street and we'll be right there

The Arc de Triomphe - The Monopoly of Violence

The Arc de Triomphe

It is the very symbol
of consecrated violence. - The Monopoly of Violence

It is the very symbol of consecrated violence.

We have an image of a monument
that celebrates a revolutionary uprising - The Monopoly of Violence

We have an image of a monument that celebrates a revolutiona...

It is a fundamental difficulty
for a republic - The Monopoly of Violence

It is a fundamental difficulty for a republic

The gilets jaunes surged into
that revolutionary mythology. - The Monopoly of Violence

The gilets jaunes surged into that revolutionary mythology.

They mobilize resistance to oppression,
for the right of insurrection. - The Monopoly of Violence

They mobilize resistance to oppression, for the right of ins...

Everyone is struggling
with their own republican mythology. - The Monopoly of Violence

Everyone is struggling with their own republican mythology.

With a very conflictual logic,
and one of breaking away. - The Monopoly of Violence

With a very conflictual logic, and one of breaking away.

No cause - The Monopoly of Violence

Those guilty of that violence - The Monopoly of Violence

Those guilty of that violence

They betray the causes
they claim to serve, - The Monopoly of Violence

They betray the causes they claim to serve,

They will be identified - The Monopoly of Violence

They will be identified

When people say the police
use legitimate force - The Monopoly of Violence

When people say the police use legitimate force

There's a confusion with
the political notion of legitimacy, - The Monopoly of Violence

There's a confusion with the political notion of legiti...

And that's different from lawfulness.
That's the problem now in France. - The Monopoly of Violence

And that's different from lawfulness. That's the p...

The Minister can say.
It's legal to use weapons - The Monopoly of Violence

The Minister can say. It's legal to use weapons

It's legal to use those weapons,
so there's no problem. - The Monopoly of Violence

It's legal to use those weapons, so there's no pro...

I'm not shocked that the state
needs the monopoly on violence. - The Monopoly of Violence

I'm not shocked that the state needs the monopoly on vi...

It's a condition of democracy. - The Monopoly of Violence

It's a condition of democracy.

It's a condition of shared well-being. - The Monopoly of Violence

It's a condition of shared well-being.

It's a condition of a modern republic. - The Monopoly of Violence

It's a condition of a modern republic.

What makes democ-tatorship, - The Monopoly of Violence

What makes democ-tatorship,

What's at stake here is that
the legal violence of the police - The Monopoly of Violence

What's at stake here is that the legal violence of the ...

Those illegitimacies
have been piling up for decades. - The Monopoly of Violence

Those illegitimacies have been piling up for decades.

There have been
a few rare moments in history - The Monopoly of Violence

There have been a few rare moments in history

That is to say we're united - The Monopoly of Violence

That is to say we're united

So if we accept that, - The Monopoly of Violence

So if we accept that,

We confuse the state and the police
because the police is national. - The Monopoly of Violence

We confuse the state and the police because the police is na...

In most other countries
it isn't national. - The Monopoly of Violence

In most other countries it isn't national.

So in France, - The Monopoly of Violence

It's an error of interpretation
both historically and geographically. - The Monopoly of Violence

It's an error of interpretation both historically and g...

In France,
the police became the national police - The Monopoly of Violence

In France, the police became the national police

It's a reinterpretation
of the history of the local police. - The Monopoly of Violence

It's a reinterpretation of the history of the local pol...

What we might call
a republican police - The Monopoly of Violence

What we might call a republican police

The police force is clearly
becoming increasingly politicized. - The Monopoly of Violence

The police force is clearly becoming increasingly politicize...

But I don't think the police
should serve the state. - The Monopoly of Violence

But I don't think the police should serve the state.

We must disconnect the police
from the authority of the state. - The Monopoly of Violence

We must disconnect the police from the authority of the stat...

I'm a judicial police investigator,
and my boss is the Minister. - The Monopoly of Violence

I'm a judicial police investigator, and my boss is the ...

Only the rich and Macron, - The Monopoly of Violence

Only the rich and Macron,

Our brothers protested the war in Algeria!
They would have beaten you up! - The Monopoly of Violence

Our brothers protested the war in Algeria! They would have b...

You spend your lives beating the shit
out of everyone who demonstrates - The Monopoly of Violence

You spend your lives beating the shit out of everyone who de...

You're parasites on the nation,
nothing more! - The Monopoly of Violence

You're parasites on the nation, nothing more!

You defend the privileged
and the bosses, - The Monopoly of Violence

You defend the privileged and the bosses,

In 40 you served the Germans.
That's what you did historically. - The Monopoly of Violence

In 40 you served the Germans. That's what you did histo...

Go ahead and make a fist.
Shame on you! - The Monopoly of Violence

Go ahead and make a fist. Shame on you!

That is exactly
the verticality of power. - The Monopoly of Violence

That is exactly the verticality of power.

He is in the camp of authority and force
and she is not. - The Monopoly of Violence

He is in the camp of authority and force and she is not.

The illustration - The Monopoly of Violence

The illustration

He's bleeding... - The Monopoly of Violence

He's bleeding...

It's not the role of the police officer
to know if there's state violence, - The Monopoly of Violence

It's not the role of the police officer to know if ther...

We live in a republic,
not a totalitarian regime. - The Monopoly of Violence

We live in a republic, not a totalitarian regime.

There's no hold-up of power,
whoever you may have voted for. - The Monopoly of Violence

There's no hold-up of power, whoever you may have voted...

You say: "We live in a republic,
therefore we respect order." - The Monopoly of Violence

You say: "We live in a republic, therefore we respect o...

"What order
do the forces of order protect?" - The Monopoly of Violence

"What order do the forces of order protect?"

I'm next to him,
or maybe a little ahead. - The Monopoly of Violence

I'm next to him, or maybe a little ahead.

You're all alone, man.
Why are you doing that? - The Monopoly of Violence

You're all alone, man. Why are you doing that?

Nothing at all.
All I remember is the blow. - The Monopoly of Violence

Nothing at all. All I remember is the blow.

And then my husband in the distance
saying: "Mell What happened? - The Monopoly of Violence

And then my husband in the distance saying: "Mell What ...

"Get up! Mell"
That's all there is. - The Monopoly of Violence

"Get up! Mell" That's all there is.

It's violent through its police
and through its reforms. - The Monopoly of Violence

It's violent through its police and through its reforms...

When it reforms housing benefits,
it doesn't affect the richest, - The Monopoly of Violence

When it reforms housing benefits, it doesn't affect the...

They get help
to pay their rent, - The Monopoly of Violence

They get help to pay their rent,

The prefect in Amiens said - The Monopoly of Violence

The prefect in Amiens said

It's violent to see people
who've always worked scrounging in bins. - The Monopoly of Violence

It's violent to see people who've always worked sc...

It's violent to come to Paris - The Monopoly of Violence

It's violent to come to Paris

The French state is violent.
Their words and reforms are violent. - The Monopoly of Violence

The French state is violent. Their words and reforms are vio...

When the president announces:
"I'm raising the minimum wage 100." - The Monopoly of Violence

When the president announces: "I'm raising the min...

To those who focus
on the violence of rioters, - The Monopoly of Violence

To those who focus on the violence of rioters,

When our dear president says
there's nothing that cant be fixed - The Monopoly of Violence

When our dear president says there's nothing that cant ...

What you've lost, you'll spend
along time fighting to get it back. - The Monopoly of Violence

What you've lost, you'll spend along time fighting...

Waking up 8 times a night
in a sweat, that's violent. - The Monopoly of Violence

Waking up 8 times a night in a sweat, that's violent.

When we respond to that violence, - The Monopoly of Violence

When we respond to that violence,

Even if our lifestyle isn't great, - The Monopoly of Violence

Even if our lifestyle isn't great,

If we quote Hannah Arendt, - The Monopoly of Violence

If we quote Hannah Arendt,

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A group of citizens question and confront their views on the social order, and the legitimacy of the use of violent police force.

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Director: David Dufresne

Writer: N/A

Production: N/A

Genre: documentary

Year: 2020

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ImdbRating: 7.3

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 01 Feb 2022

Awards: 1 win & 4 nominations

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