Night justice, from behind, in the fog.
After the time of arrests on the pavement, here comes that of the investigation and the characterization of the facts in the courts.
With 103 people arrested Thursday evening in the capital, the Paris prosecutor's office is now in the process of managing police custody - in other words, interrupting them or extending them up to 48 hours - and referrals.
For the most serious cases, those which deserve to pass in immediate appearance, the first hearings could be held Saturday and Sunday.
And the prosecution is already planning to add a third hearing next Tuesday and Wednesday.
In the line of fire: the damage and violence committed by nearly 1,500 thugs
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After days of demonstrations on the public highway, disorder and violence, there is a distortion between the number of arrests and that of prosecutions.
This creates controversy in public opinion, against a background of denunciation of police violence...
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