- Two demonstrations against police violence are planned for this weekend in Nice.
- They have just been banned by the Alpes-Maritimes prefecture.
- The prefecture recalls the ban on gatherings of more than ten people in the context of a health crisis linked to the coronavirus.
The information has just fallen on the eve of the demonstrations against police violence in Nice. In a press release, the prefect of the Alpes-Maritimes declares, this Friday, that the march and the meeting planned for Saturday 6 and Sunday 7 June in Nice are prohibited.
The health context linked to the coronavirus is mentioned by the prefecture to justify this choice. Gatherings of more than ten people on the public highway are still prohibited. "This principle of prohibition, dictated by health reasons, was reminded to all the organizers and it is appealed to the civility of each citizen, faced with the need to continue to slow the spread of the virus on the territory", underlines in the press release from the prefecture. In Paris, the demonstration on June 2 had also been banned by the prefecture.
"Against police violence, oppressive and discriminatory systems"
This ban concerns the march "against police violence, oppressive and discriminatory systems", organized by a group of students supported by French Riviera associations (the League for Human Rights, the Association for Democracy in Nice, the Movement against racism and for friendship between peoples 06 and All citizens). Scheduled at 5 p.m. from Magnan to the courthouse, this demonstration follows a call against "the security and discriminatory sequence that agitates the world today", in reference, in particular to the death of Georges Floyd in the United States on May 25.
The other rally against banned police violence is organized by a student from the Riviera on Sunday June 7 on Place Masséna.
A victory for Philippe Vardon, candidate for mayor of Nice
"This ban is therefore happy news for the tranquility of our city", reacts in a press release the candidate for mayor of Nice supported by the National Rally and the People's Right, Philippe Vardon. The latter considers these demonstrations as "communitarian and hostile to the police".
Since last Wednesday, whoever is in the second round of municipal elections on June 28, has expressed his request to the prefect to ban these demonstrations.
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