French Newspaper Publishes Chart on What Nationalities Commit Crimes · Global Voices
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The newspaper Le Progrès based in Lyon, France published an infographic [fr]entitled “”Délinquance : à chacun sa spécialité – principales nationalités impliquées” (Crimes: To each his own- the main nationalities implicated [for each type of crimes]) (see image in the twitter update below):
Dans son édition du jour, Le Progrès ose publier un comparatif de la délinquance dans le Rhône, par nationalité. pic.twitter.com/Op08FO6P78
— Romain Charbonnier (@rcharbonnier) April 22, 2014
In its daily publication, newspaper Le Progrès dared to publish a comparison of crime rates in the Rhône by nationality
Thibeau Perezat notes that the newspaper did not mention the sources of the data. Global Voices contributor Julie Owono comments that the newspaper failed to distinguish that “Africans” or “Roma” are not nationalities.