According to Agence France-Presse, on September 23, local time, people from many places in France held demonstrations against police violence, and the number of participants was estimated to reach tens of thousands.
△ On the 23rd local time, people participated in demonstrations in Lyon, France.
According to the report, under the appeal of many left-wing organizations, tens of thousands of French people participated in the "anti-police violence" demonstrations held throughout France. There were some clashes in the parade in Paris.
According to statistics from the French Ministry of the Interior, about 31,300 people demonstrated in France, including 9,000 in Paris. The French Federation of Trade Unions said that about 80,000 people held demonstrations. On the 23rd, the Ministry of Interior mobilized 30,000 policemen and gendarmes throughout the country to maintain order.
△ French riot police are on duty at the scene
In Paris, the French capital, after the parade left the North Station at about 3 pm, a team of hundreds of masked men vandalized the window of the banking institution and threw stones at a police car. The Paris Police Department said that the car was hit by an "iron bar". A policeman got off the bus with a weapon to keep his distance from the demonstrators. A motorcycle police force came later, stopped the vandalism and protected the police on board.
Paris police chief Laurent Nunez said: "There are four policemen on the bus. Fortunately, three of them are only slightly injured." Two of them were injured in the neck, but he did not say how. Nunez said, "We are trying to find out who made this attack.".
Gerald Darmanin, Interior Minister, said: "The demonstrations in Paris showed unacceptable violence against the forces maintaining order. We have seen where anti-police hatred is going. "
The parade played slogans such as "No justice, no peace" and "Justice for Nahle". Three months ago, a 17-year-old boy, Nakhler, was killed by the police, which triggered a large-scale riot in France.