The facts occurred Tuesday evening near the Esplanade des Invalides, in Paris. They were filmed by several witnesses present during the caregivers' demonstration demanding more resources for the hospital and more generally for the French health system after the coronavirus crisis. The images posted on social networks show police officers overpowering a nurse and pulling her by the hair, before taking her to the police station in the 7th arrondissement of the capital.
Palpable embarrassment in ministerial offices this evening after the dissemination of these images. "I don't understand why we can't succeed in securing the slightest demo in Paris!" Annoys an advisor https://t.co/ROPRPinWvj
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During this violent arrest, this nurse in a white coat repeatedly asked for her ventoline. "I have asthma," she shouts to the police around her. One of the police officers then pointed out to him that "we had to think" before.
"She worked for 3 months between 12 and 14 hours a day"
A Twitter user said on the social network that it was her mother, "50, nurse, (who) worked for 3 months between 12 and 14 hours a day" and "had the covid". "Today, she was demonstrating so that her salary was raised, that her work was recognized," added internet user Imen Mellaz. Calls for the rally outside the police station in the 7th arrondissement were shared on Twitter.
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On other videos, we can see the nurse launching projectiles towards the police. Tear gas was also launched in response to the demonstrators. Violent clashes erupted on the sidelines of this mobilization, which gathered 15,000 people, according to the prefecture of Paris. According to information from Le Monde , "the nurse is in police custody for contempt, rebellion and violence against any person holding public authority".
The annoyance of a ministerial adviser
This inquiry comes in a turbulent context around police violence and the response of the police to the various challenges at work in France. "I do not understand that we cannot succeed in securing the slightest demo in Paris!", Was annoyed a ministerial adviser to Europe 1, after the massive dissemination of these images on social networks.