“
Freedom-killing law!
": Thousands of demonstrators protested Tuesday, November 17 in several cities against police violence and the text on"
global security
"which provides in particular to penalize the use"
malicious
"of images of the
police
.
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In Rennes, 300 to 400 people gathered in the morning.
“
It is a particularly liberticidal law.
The idea is to scare the citizen,
”declared Patrick Rothkegel, president of the Rennes section of the League of Human Rights (LDH).
"
We need counter-powers and the citizen who films is a form of counter-power,
" he adds.
According to Marie-Françoise Barboux, volunteer at Amnesty International, the NGO's reports on police violence “
are largely based on reports and videos from journalists and ordinary citizens.
There is a denial of the government in the face of this violence.
There, we are heading towards censorship
”.
In Lyon, 700 people participated around 6:00 p.m. in a rally in front of the prefecture while a study was published on the fate of complaints against the police, entitled "
The factory of oblivion
".
Produced by the “
Liaison Committee against Police Violence
” bringing together groups of victims, unions and political parties, it underlines the importance of videos in investigations.
The Committee has identified “
78 cases of police violence
” in Lyon since the start of the “
yellow vests
” movement, 16 of which have been the subject of complaints.
Based on testimony, the Committee calls into question practices "
which prevent complaints
" such as the presence of police in hospitals.
He also denounces "
an institutionalized bias
", referring to the case of a woman injured by LBD fire in January 2019, whose complaint lodged with the gendarmerie turned against her.
“
This law hinders the freedom to demonstrate.
We will no longer be able to testify to police violence,
”said Léa, a 23-year-old student.
In Toulouse, 1,300 demonstrators according to the prefecture, including many "
yellow vests
" who came for the two years of the movement, gathered in the center, dispersed with tear gas after an hour by the police .
"
When there is characterized police violence, the reflex of the government is to defend the police officer even before considering the legality of his action
", deplores Tristan Benoist, a 35-year-old researcher.
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In Bordeaux, 700 to 800 people, including "
yellow vests
", gathered in the evening near the courthouse.
Members of the LDH, in addition to their anti-Covid masks, wore black gags over their eyes.
"
Continue to film the police and to disseminate the images
", urges Antoine Boudinet, elected municipal member of the
Bordeaux en Luttes group
, who had a hand torn off during a demonstration of "
yellow vests
" in 2018: "
if he n ' there had been no video, no one would have known what had happened to me
”.
"
This law responds directly to a request from the police,
" reports Pierre-Antoine Cazau of the LDH.
"
When the police hold the pen of the law, the state is called the police state
."
In Marseille, the demonstration brought together several hundred people who applauded the broadcast of images from David Dufresne's documentary "
A country that stands wise
", denouncing police violence.
In Grenoble, 400 people gathered against police violence were joined by a torchlight retreat of a hundred "
yellow vests
", a banner demanding "
less global security, more social security
", another claiming: "
you do not do not confine our anger
”.
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