Paris (CNN) -- The former chief of the International Monetary Fund who resigned after being charged two years ago with sexually assaulting a maid in a New York city hotel has lashed out at his treatment by police -- particularly his forced participation in "the perp walk." "I think it's a terrible thing, frankly," Dominique Strauss-Kahn told CNN's Richard Quest in his first English- language television interview since he resigned as head of the IMF in 2011. "The problem is, it's a moment where in all European, American society you're supposed to be innocent, you're supposed to be innocent until you're convicted."
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"I think it's a terrible thing, frankly," the former IMF chief tells CNN
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"Perp walks" are standard fare in the United States
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They are not allowed in France
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Underscoring the cultural differences between @placeholder and the United States, many French recoiled from images of Strauss-Kahn being paraded before the news media in handcuffs and in court -- photographs that would be prohibited under French law to protect the presumption of innocence.
France
Underscoring the cultural differences between France and the United States, many @placeholder recoiled from images of Strauss-Kahn being paraded before the news media in handcuffs and in court -- photographs that would be prohibited under French law to protect the presumption of innocence.
Dominique Strauss-Kahn
Underscoring the cultural differences between France and the United States, many French recoiled from images of @placeholder being paraded before the news media in handcuffs and in court -- photographs that would be prohibited under French law to protect the presumption of innocence.
France
Underscoring the cultural differences between France and the United States, many French recoiled from images of Strauss-Kahn being paraded before the news media in handcuffs and in court -- photographs that would be prohibited under @placeholder law to protect the presumption of innocence.