His remarks caused controversy.
And provoked the ire of the opposition.
Following a police intervention which resulted in one death and one serious injury, Jean-Luc Mélenchon declared in a tweet: “
Another unacceptable abuse of power.
The death penalty for refusing to comply.
The prefect approves?
The minister congratulates?
Shame is when?
»
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Two days later, the leader of insubordinate France went further: “
The police are killing, and the factious Alliance group justifies shooting and death for ''refusing to comply''.
Shame is when?
Invited this morning on France Inter, the outgoing deputy in Marseille assumes his point.
"
It's my duty to do
it," he said.
Before justifying his second tweet: “
What I said [initially] met with no echo.
As that did not work, I raised the tone.
And I get what I want.
Thousands of people hear that there is a politician who does not accept the evolution of the use of police force as defined by the political power that commands.
»
Sweeping away the criticisms of the opposition, coming, according to him, from "
the right or the far right
", the leader of the Insoumis clarified: "
If you vote for me, I will change the doctrine of use of the police force in our country and I say that it is not normal that someone is killed because he refuses to comply.
Jean-Luc Mélenchon then defended himself from being "
anti-cop
".
“
I never was.
I am against a disproportionate use of violence
,” he concluded.