Burning the Evidence

Nice attack: City refuses police call to delete CCTV images

Essentially, the national police tried to order the local government of Nice to destroy all recorded video evidence of the attack. Why would they do that? Here's their official line:

The paper said police and prosecutors wanted footage of the attack destroyed to preserve the dignity of victims and so it could not be used by jihadists for propaganda purposes.

Wow, that's pretty weak. Perhaps there might be another reason...?

But the French government has faced growing criticism about the extent of security measures and some reports have suggested the CCTV footage may show where and how police were deployed.

On Thursday, a French newspaper backed claims by the deputy mayor of Nice, Christian Estrosi, that the government had lied about policing of the event. Witnesses and a police source who has seen security camera footage told the Liberation newspaper that a single municipal police car was blocking the junction where the lorry entered the promenade. Mr Estrosi had previously questioned the government's assertion that more heavily armed national police were on duty at the entry point.

Nice-Matin newspaper said lawyers acting for the city authorities had asked the local prosecutor's office to put the CCTV images under sequestration so they could not be destroyed.

The national police shanghaied security for the event, didn't provide it adequately, and now people are dead. So naturally they want to destroy the evidence of their failure. The fact this order is coming from the national government points to the distinct possibility that someone very high up in Hollande's socialist administration -- perhaps even him personally -- ordered a reduction in security in order to avoid offending muzzies and now 80 citizens are dead.

Don't we all feel safer with Lefty apologists in charge of the world?