In Nantes, 5,000 demonstrators marched against the “global security” law

During the night demonstration against the "global security" law on November 27 in Nantes -

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Despite the confinement, around 3,500 people, according to the police, between 6,000 and 7,000, according to the inter-union, demonstrated at nightfall Friday evening in the streets of Nantes against the proposed law "Global security".

"Defense of individual and collective freedoms, no to the proposal for a comprehensive security law", could one read on the banner of the intersyndicale bringing together CFDT, CGT, FO, FSU, Solidaires and SAF (union of lawyers in France).

Other banners or placards stated: "Guardians of the peace, fuck us up", "it was the women, the great cause of the five-year term, not the police", "Security generally liberticidal", or even "Bring down the Police state ”,“ Violence, the last refuge of incompetence ”,“ Not seen, not taken ”.

The demonstrators marched in a calm atmosphere but marked by muffled anger for an hour and a half.

Then the tension rose around 7:30 p.m., when tear gas fire, which mixed with thick fog, quickly dispersed the crowd.

"Liberty, liberty, liberty"

"I'm not criticizing all the police officers, obviously, we need a respectable police force, we need a trustworthy police force, but they have to clean up", explained Camille, a 56-year-old from Nantes. unemployed, come to demonstrate by bicycle.

"I am very angry", he added, concluding: "to all the police officers who are doing their job properly, I wish them good luck to stay in this police force which drifts towards inadmissible things".

“Justice must quickly shed light on this police violence.

It is also urgent to create an independent authority of control and sanction, in place of the IGPN ”(General Inspectorate of the National Police), tweeted the mayor (PS) of Nantes Johanna Rolland, in reaction to the images of beating of a music producer in Paris.

The violence suffered by #Michel Zecler is unworthy and unbearable.

They seriously damage our #PacteRépublicain.

I want to show her all my support

- Johanna Rolland (@Johanna_Rolland) November 27, 2020

Among the chanted slogans: "Liberty, liberty, liberty", "Police everywhere, justice nowhere", "Everyone hates the police".

17 arrests, 9 police officers affected

Police said they made 17 arrests, including six before 5:30 p.m. when law enforcement asked protesters to open their bags when they arrived at the assembly point.

Nine members of the police were "bruised", hit by projectiles, indicates the same source.

Parliament is currently examining a bill, known as “Global Security”, article 24 of which, which regulates the dissemination of images of police officers, crystallizes opposition, in particular from the press.

Demonstrations are also organized throughout France on Saturday.

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