Several hundred police gathered again Tuesday in Bobigny, Saint-Denis, Mulhouse or Perpignan, a week after announcements by the Minister of the Interior on the upcoming abandonment of a controversial arrest technique and the fight against racism among the police, found AFP journalists.
In Bobigny, a hundred uniformed and plainclothes police gathered at 1 pm in front of the court, where they observed a minute of silence for "the colleagues injured and died on duty" before intoning the Marseillaise. They then turned on the beacons and sirens of their cars. “The accusations of racism touch us in our flesh. The police here, she is black-white-beur, she is multicolored ", told AFP Stéphane Finance, of the Alliance union, which always claims to be received by Emmanuel Macron.
At the same time, a hundred officials also gathered in Mulhouse, in front of the police station. They symbolically threw off their handcuffs and then lit smoke bombs, in national colors while singing La Marseillaise. "Our Minister has announced the removal of the bottleneck which will undoubtedly lead to numerous additional wounded in our ranks and to the suspension of police officers in the event of a" proven suspicion "of racism making all of us sub-citizens not benefiting from any presumption of innocence! “, Regretted Michel Corriaux, union representative Alliance.
"The president put the church back in the middle of the village"
"This speech gave way to consternation within our institution! After these few words, the police felt abandoned, abandoned and I say it forcefully today: dishonored on the political altar! Yet who was there to face Mohamed Merah? To the Kouachi brothers? Who was present at Bataclan and so many other places? And who will always be there to deal with terrorism! It's the police! ", he said.
According to the same union, "180 colleagues filed the handcuffs at the beginning of the afternoon in Perpignan court as a sign of fed up, a discomfort in the police accentuated by our minister". “The president put the church back in the middle of the village, assuring the security forces of its support. But now he must receive us, ”said Philippe Lavenu, Occitanie regional secretary, at the AFP.
A rally was also held in Reims. From 11:30 p.m., around 200 police officers, in uniform and in civilian clothes, gathered in front of the gates of the Stade de France in Saint-Denis in a silence regularly disturbed by sirens. Dozens of service cars were parked with beacons on. “After Paris and La Défense, this evening we are at the Stade de France to show that we have heart and that we love our Republic. We will continue until the president has heard our call to receive us, ”warned Stéphane Finance, from the Alliance union.
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