"The police are increasingly targeted by acts of violence",
said the Minister of the Interior Gerald Darmanin last May at the microphone of BFM.
A state of affairs which is based on overwhelming figures: 6,760 police officers were, for example, injured on mission during the year 2019 against 3,842 in 2004.
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By virtue of their function, police officers logically expose themselves to danger - and
ultimately
to accidents and assaults.
This part of the risk linked to their profession is taken into account, integrated and accepted by many.
However, many police officers have observed an increase in violence against them for some time.
A form of anti-cop hatred that goes beyond the strictly professional framework.
"We are no longer attacked for what we do, but for what we are,"
notes a policeman from Essonne.
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The first marker of this change in violence: threat tags targeting police officers.
If the phenomenon is not new, the news regularly suggests
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