The French ban
on the burkini is threatening to turn into a farce as police officers
armed with pepper spray and batons marched onto a beach today and
ordered a woman to strip off.
Four
burly cops stood over the middle-aged woman, who had been quietly
sunbathing on the Promenade des Anglais beach in Nice - yards from the
scene of the Bastille Day lorry attack - and watched her take off a
Muslim-style garment which protected her modesty.
It is thought the woman was given a warning about the dress code on the beach and was handed an on-the-spot fine.
Another young Muslim mother was ordered off the beach at Cannes and fined for simply wearing a headscarf.
Three
armed officers pointed a pepper spray canister in the 34-year-old's
face and told her she was in breach of a new rule outlawing swimming
costumes that cover the entire body.
She
said the 'racist' officers simply wanted to humiliate her in front of
her children and other family members, even though she was not even
wearing a burkini.
It
was the latest in a series of incidents in the south of France and
comes after video emerged of armed police waiting for Muslim women to
come out of the sea at nearby Nice, and then warning them about their
choice of headscarves.
And just days ago, four women were fined 38 euros for wearing their burkinis on the beach in Cannes.
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