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\u003cp\u003eIt is a simple story. A 37-year-old man belonging to the Traveller community is shot dead by a special unit of the French police on the family farm where he was hiding since he failed to return to prison after temporary release. The officers claim self-defense. The relatives, present at the scene, contest that claim. A case is opened, and it concludes with a dismissal that is upheld on appeal. Dismayed by these decisions, the family continues the struggle for truth and justice.\u003c/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGiving each account of the event the same credit, Didier Fassin conducts a counter-investigation, based on the re-examination of all the available details and on the interviews of its protagonists. A critical reflection on the work of police forces, the functioning of the justice system, and the conditions that make such tragedies possible and seldom punished, \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eDeath of a Traveller\u003c/i\u003e\u003c/i\u003e is also an attempt to restore to these marginalized communities what they are usually denied: respectability.\u003c/p\u003e |
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