The dispersal of the pro-Palestine demonstration banned in Paris this Saturday, May 15 is proof of this.
In a few hours, the demonstrators of the unauthorized rally in Barbès (18th century) were dispersed by the important security device deployed - no less than 4,200 police and gendarmes.
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Water cannons, tear gas, CRS roadblocks ... but also, less usual, motorcycle brigades and riot police in small groups: since the yellow vests crisis, the police have been are adapted and use new techniques in the face of demonstrators.
A delicate balance between tightening up the maintenance of order and the desire to anticipate and engage in more dialogue, decrypts Mathieu Zagrodzki, researcher associated with CESDIP and specialist in police and security issues, interviewed by
Le Figaro
.
LE FIGARO. - The ability of the police to disperse the crowds in Barbès is particularly striking. What do you attribute it to?
Mathieu Zagrodzki. -
The torrential rain
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