As France debates a global security law that would enhance police power from local to national levels, Zineb Redouane’s fate has come to symbolize the problem of police impunity in an increasingly militarized country. In Marseille, one of the poorest cities in France, with a large immigrant population, Redouane’s case has become a rallying cry.

A lot of people were surprised and pleased to see this kind of investment and change of tune from a president who seemed to be about overhauling the system and cutting costs as opposed to spending more, which he definitely is doing now.