The Minister of the Interior is united behind the police.
Invited on France 2 Wednesday, November 25, Gérald Darmanin indicated that he renewed his
"confidence"
in the Paris police prefect, Didier Lallement, two days after the evacuation of a migrant camp installed on the Place de la République.
Violent gestures by some members of the security forces against migrants and demonstrators sparked outrage.
What to put - once again - the prefect under fire from critics.
“I asked him to evacuate the Place de la République. This evacuation was completely legitimate. There were then unacceptable gestures on the part of some police officers, "
reported the Minister of the Interior, who indicated that he
" would make public "
the IGPN reports and warn that he would take
" sanctions. "
If these acts are
" verified "
.
"Those who mess around are punished"
Gérald Darmanin refuses to blame all the police officers present Monday evening at Place de la République.
"I am not going to condemn all the police and gendarmes who intervened in this square, nor the prefect of police, for the effect of a few
", underlined the minister.
He called for
"not to draw conclusions from a few unacceptable actions on the work that the police are doing, including during this evacuation"
.
The tenant of Place Beauvau also recalled that it was
"not easy to be a police officer, to be constantly under fire from critics
"
.
"
Those who mess around are punished, but I refuse to punish all the police in France,"
he said.
Regarding the journalists arrested in demonstration, Gérald Darmanin defended the police, considering that it was sometimes
"difficult to distinguish them"
when some do not have a
"camera"
.
"But as soon as we know the quality of a journalist, we must obviously not prevent him from doing his job"
, certified the minister.
