Paris (AFP)

A hundred police gathered at the Alliance union's appeal late Thursday morning in front of the head office of France Insoumise to denounce the words of its leader, Jean-Luc Mélenchon, who described as "barbarians" the police, found an AFP journalist.

"This is an important signal, this is the first time we have demonstrated in front of the seat of a political party, now that is enough, the provocations of Mr. Mélenchon must stop," said Fabien Vanhemelryck, secretary general of the Union of Peacekeepers and Officers.

"For months now there has been an anti-cop hatred, now it's on the part of a member of Parliament, it's inadmissible," Vanhemelryck added in the middle of Alliance flags and inflatable balloons, a few meters away. headquarters of LFI.

"It is now up to justice to assess the offense but we will take civil action," said the trade unionist after the announcement by Christophe Castaner the next report to justice the offending remarks.

"I will do what is called a section 40 and I will ask the public prosecutor, as I do whenever the police are involved, to study and see the feasibility of a prosecution," he said. said the minister Thursday on RTL.

On videos shot during the demonstration against pension reform Tuesday in Paris, Mr. Mélenchon talks with demonstrators claiming to have been victims of police violence during the March for the climate Saturday: "Yes, yes, It's barbarians , be careful, because they do not stop now, "answers the leader of LFI.

These remarks immediately made react police unions, the Minister of the Interior, his Secretary of State and the Prefect of Police of Paris.

In front of the police, a dozen "yellow vests" were also present and questioned the agents by holding placards carrying slogans such as "lie of State, Castaner guilty" or the portraits of Steve Maia Caniço and Zineb Redouane.

"We are facing the police, I am not from France Insoumise but they protest because Mélenchon treated them as barbarians except that it is the case.These are barbarians.I attend every Saturday (at demonstrations of"). yellow vests "), I'm not black block and I see people get shot, be dragged on the ground," said Corinne who presents as "yellow vest".

"They are Mr. Macron's instrument against the citizens," she added.

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