Parades of May 1: 18 people arrested in Paris – Le Point

Labour Day has had some clashes. The traditional parades of May 1 skidded. The police tried to maintain calm ahead of the Paris Parade May 1 in Paris, after the excesses of violent groups. At 21:30, the incidents continued at Republic where riot police were attacked by some margin Night protesters standing.

Tensions had appeared earlier. While thousands of people marched Sunday afternoon in calm, incidents broke out shortly after 15 h 40, upstream of the parade under the banner of trade unions, to the boulevard Diderot. These incidents have continued well into the afternoon and were dispersed by early evening in clouds of tear gas. Eighteen people were arrested, said Bernard Cazeneuve. “Unacceptable incidents are nevertheless products to Paris from a marginal and violent minority”, slightly injuring a policeman and a protester, said the Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve. “Two people were slightly injured: one protester was hit in the leg and one CRS has received a shot in the jaw,” said the prefect Michel Cadot

degradations were committed Boulevard. Diderot and Place de la Nation in “groups of violent individuals” who unsealed including street furniture and destroyed video surveillance cameras, detailed Michel Cadot, stating that “no vehicle had been degraded.” One person was arrested at the start of the parade square of the Bastille for banned carrying of weapons and nine for throwing projectiles at police place of the Nation during the dispersal of the demonstration. “Personal belongings left by violent individuals instead Nation were seized by the police to help identify other hooligans,” said the Prefect.

Tear Gas

young hooded, helmets, threw objects – boxes recovered in the trash, including bottles – the police, shouting, “Everybody hates the police.” CRS responded with tear gas. After a brief return to calm, incidents resumed. In a tweet, the prefecture announced “throwing projectiles on law enforcement by a group of 300 violent individuals on Crozatier,” a street overlooking the boulevard Diderot. At 16 h 25, the CRS charged on Avenue Diderot to disperse these groups, among whom one banner proclaimed “let’s be ungovernable.”

“Outside the police”

CRS were joined by police officers in riot gear. The BAC was also well visible. After their intervention, peace seemed to have returned, just disturbed by the slogans and whistles. Avenue Daumesnil already, CRS had been whistled and booed by dozens of protesters, some highly virulent, shouting “Break You! “Or” Outside the police! “For the vast crowd, who marched in the biggest peace before being blocked by a cordon of CRS boulevard Diderot, another slogan summed up the mood:” Withdrawal, withdrawal of labor law. Neither amendable nor negotiable “, echoing the slogans chanted in the parades that took place earlier in other cities of France.

Four people arrested in Marseille

regions, marches brought together several thousand people in an atmosphere generally good child. But in Marseille, at least four people were arrested and placed in custody on the sidelines of the event, a judicial source said. Controlled on their way to the event, they were in possession of “weapons by destination”, petanque balls, stones or cutter. In Rennes, several hundred young people invaded in mid-day cinema downtown, shortly after the arrival of the demonstration on 1 May in which they had participated, resulting in the evacuation of cinema of all its customers.