Dijon: faced with the inertia of the police, "people wanted to defend themselves"

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Residents of the Grésilles district in Dijon decided to defend themselves in the absence of police intervention on June 15, 2020. Philippe DESMAZES / AFP

By: Pierre Olivier Follow | Boris Vichith

After four nights of violence, the inhabitants of the Grésilles district in Dijon are still shocked by the scenes they saw unfolding under their windows. Many of them also regret that the police did not intervene earlier and express their feeling of having been abandoned by the public authorities.

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