Twenty-one people were placed in police custody on Saturday after the rally in Paris against police violence, in particular for degradations and attacks against the police, the prosecution said on Sunday.
In total, 39 people had been arrested by the police on the sidelines of the rally organized Place de la République, according to the Paris police headquarters (PP) which counted some 15,000 demonstrators.
Among the arrested, a dozen Generation Identity activists
The demonstration was organized at the call of the "Committee for Adama", named after this young black man who died in 2016 after his arrest, erected by his family as a symbol of police violence.
Among those arrested were a dozen activists from the ultra-small generation Génération Identitaire who were taken to the police station after deploying a banner from the roof of a building demanding "Justice for the victims of anti-white racism". They were not placed in police custody and were released on Saturday evening.
A banner that creates tension
Their action, carried out under the boos of the crowd who came to demand "Justice for Adama", aroused strong tensions during the afternoon. People climbed on the roof in an attempt to fight with these far-right activists, before a young man who had climbed the facade managed to take down the banner, according to videos posted on social networks.
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