For the first anniversary of the movement, the mobilization of "yellow vests" was disrupted Saturday by thugs. Especially on the Place d'Italie, where the monument in tribute to Marshal Juin was vandalized. On Europe 1, the mayor of the 13th arrondissement, Jerome Coumet, said he was "angry" after the damage, regretting the holding of the event in this place under construction. "I had alerted the police headquarters on the subject," he explains. But according to a note that was able to consult Europe 1, the Prefecture of Police was well aware of the risks that a gathering place of Italy generated, since it advised on Thursday to the city halls of the city several measures to avoid overflows.
The day of mobilization was also classified at risk by the Prefecture of Police, which asked to empty the glass containers, to anticipate the collection of garbage on the planned routes and especially to "carry out a reconnaissance on the whole the route, in order to secure any ongoing road works and remove any object abandoned on public roads that could serve as a projectile or pose a potential danger ", before 10am Saturday.
A meeting on the risks of demonstrations every Friday
The prefecture also points out that prohibiting any course that passes in front of institutions, shops or work areas would simply prevent the holding of events in Paris. "We felt that the presence of construction site was not a valid legal reason, there are some everywhere in Paris, if the prefect prohibits it is not necessary that the stop is canceled by the court", thus entrusts a source in Europe 1.
On the side of the prefecture, it specifies that a meeting is organized every Friday for the elected officials of the central town hall and town halls and economic actors of the city, to inform them of the anticipated level of risk on the events.
Guest of the Grand Rendez-vous on Europe 1 Sunday, the Minister of the Interior, Christophe Castaner indicated the arrests of 173 people in Paris on the sidelines of this demonstration of "yellow vests". In all, 254 protesters were arrested in France on Saturday.