They were arrested after a new "campaign" of posters in the streets of Nice "to ask candidates for municipal elections to take action against air pollution linked to road traffic". Since 11 pm Monday evening, four activists from the local group Greenpeace have been in police custody, the NGO announced on Tuesday morning. The association denounces "methods of intimidation".
"Does Nice aim for the record of arrests for the use of chalk paint and flour-based glue?" "Wonders Sarah Fayolle, transport campaign manager for Greenpeace France. These new arrests, by municipal police according to the NGO, "demonstrate that Greenpeace is talking about angry issues in the city," she said.
In January, eight people had already been arrested and placed in police custody for "damage" to street furniture. “#We want to breathe”, “Air! "," Stop diesel ", were written, stencilled or on posters, also placed on the front of the permanence of" friends of the mayor ", Christian Estrosi. The elected Les Républicains had announced his desire to file a complaint before, finally, giving it up.
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