Hundreds of people began to march Saturday afternoon against the police violence in Nantes, with the first tensions near the prefecture, found AFP journalists.
Some protesters went directly into contact with the police
"Everyone hates the police," chanted the protesters early in the rally. Some of them went directly to the police. At the arrival of the procession before the prefecture, the police used the water lances and the first shots of tear gas canisters were heard. Coming from the Tarn in carpooling, four women, "mum or grandmas", explained why they had made such a trip, going to Nantes for the first time: "If we do nothing, all our children are in danger. "said Rita, retired.
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"I left work at 6 pm Coming up to here is a budget, but it is nothing compared to the family of young Steve," says his friend, Elizabeth, home living assistant. "It's shocking to attack young people here (Wilson's Wharf, ed), they did not bother anyone." The four friends went on Saturday morning to the first gathering in tribute to Steve Maia Caniço, on the banks of the Loire, near the place where the body of the young man, disappeared since the Feast of music, the night of 21 to 22 June, was found last Monday.
"In a year, France has rocked, Macron has used yellow vests to put the police in the streets," said Elizabeth. Meetings are planned in several cities of France, in memory of the missing young man and against "police violence".