Police BAC 19 in place under a motorway bridge Porte de la Villette Thursday noon.
Police BAC 19 in place under a motorway bridge Porte de la Villette Thursday afternoon. – Photo F.Pouliquen / 20 Minutes

Fabrice Pouliquen

There are not that #JesuisCharlie to bloom on social networks since Wednesday evening. Of #Jesuisahmed also appear here and there, as if to remind that journalists are not the only ones whose profession is wounded by shootings on Wednesday and Thursday. The police officers also lost. Three to be exact. Two Wednesdays, when shooting at the headquarters of Charlie Hebdo and the chase that ensued. And a municipal police on Thursday morning in Montrouge (Hauts-de-Seine)

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“Sad and shocked”

“Obviously, you think about it,” a police officer slips Brigade Anti-Crime (BAC) of the 19th arrondissement. He was deployed Thursday from 10:30 with twenty other colleagues Porte de la Villette (19th), where the two alleged perpetrators of the shooting of Charlie Hebdo were likely to make their entrance in Paris . “Of course we were sad this morning, he said. And very shocked by the images on the web for the murder of Ahmed, the police officer shot in the 11th arrondissement Boulevard Richard-Lenoir. You can never be fully prepared to deal with such exceptional events. There is always the surprise. “



” You will notice the professionalism of my colleagues, “

UNSA-Police, one of the two major police unions, Christophe Crepin , head of media relations, insists much on the dignity shown by the police in their mourning since Wednesday evening. “The profession is affected, bruised, he notes. But you will notice the professionalism of my colleagues. They were all post this morning. “With in fear? “No, says the policeman of the BAC 19th. Just more careful than usual. “



” Soon the time of wrath “

” There was the time of emotion, Wednesday evening at 18h when Police in France have gathered in front of the police continues Frédéric Lagache, deputy secretary general of the Alliance union. We are now in the time of action until the perpetrators of the shooting being intercepted. Then there will be time to anger. “

As for Frédéric Lagache, the events of the past two days leave many questions unanswered. “In particular the resources given to the police to fight against this modern terrorism. In front, the terrorists have evolved in recent years. It is no longer a crime operetta. They are heavily armed, very determined, want to kill. We of course not require a license to kill. But we need to be better equipped, better armed. We say this for several years. “