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Police officers injured in Paris: "When we leave for a demonstration, we do not know if we will come back"

2020-12-02T10:18:20.169Z


A young policeman beaten to the ground, a police chief injured by a paving stone… The police were violently attacked on Saturday


“Today, when we leave for a demonstration, we do not know if we will come back”.

This peacekeeper, just 25 years old, could have lost his life Saturday, November 28 during the clashes on the sidelines of the Parisian march against the proposed law on global security.

We were able to meet him with two other wounded police officers, during the visit of the Minister of the Interior Gérald Darmanin, Tuesday, December 1, at the Bessières barracks (17th arrondissement), stronghold of the 11th security company (CSI) of Paris, which was particularly affected.

A video shot in a thick cloud of tear gas shows the young peacekeeper violently taken to task, Place de la Bastille.

We can distinguish him trained on the ground, where he receives many kicks and knees.

A policeman coming to his aid is attacked in turn.

On the ground, the young agent manages to get up, but he is again pushed to the ground, where another shower of blows falls on him.

He ends up being rescued and taken to safety by one of his colleagues.

The beating lasted about thirty seconds.

Appraisal: two broken teeth and a neck brace.

"Some were there to make a cop"

“This violence is incomprehensible, inexcusable.

And it has too much of a place in the media, ”says the police officer of the 31st CSI, based in the 12th arrondissement.

Coming from a family of six children, three of whom are police officers, the young civil servant says he entered by vocation, at the age of 18, the house, where he only carried out the maintenance of order.

“My parents and my pregnant wife were extremely shocked by the images.

They rushed to the hospital with some of my colleagues, ”he says.

But the policeman said he was ready to return to the front lines as soon as his convalescence was over.

According to Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin, 98 police and gendarmes were injured on Saturday across the country.

"Some demonstrators were there to make a cop," said a 49-year-old major of the 11th CSI.

He was knocked out by a paving stone that landed on his helmet.

"Violence continues to increase over the years"

Section chief for eight years, he joined the police 25 years ago.

"Violence continues to increase over the years," notes the white-haired policeman.

According to him, on Saturday, it reached a level comparable to that experienced during certain demonstrations of yellow vests in previous years.

On April 20, 2019, the major had already been injured by an agricultural grenade that fell at his feet.

“I fell to the ground, totally stunned, I couldn't hear anything,” recalls this experienced policeman, who still has nine years of career to do.

He also complains of the upsurge in people filming during demonstrators.

“They are on us, they hinder us in our work and sometimes during our withdrawal.

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A 29-year-old commissioner was also injured in the arm by a paving stone "fallen from the sky".

On Monday, the Presidency of the Republic called her to give her support.

The pavement was recovered as part of the investigation, but she now wears a brooch in her arm.

In the emergency room, at Saint-Antoine hospital, the young commissioner complains of having had to wait, while waiting to be operated, alongside thugs.

Source: leparis

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