Several videos relaying these slogans were broadcast on social networks.
Gérald Darmanin decided this Sunday to take legal action after calls to kill police officers heard during the feminist demonstration on March 8 in Paris and reported by the SGP Police Unit union to the Minister of the Interior.
Faced with these scandalous remarks made during a demonstration, I contacted the Paris Public Prosecutor.
Everything will be done to find those responsible for this incitement to commit a crime against our police officers and bring them to justice.
Total support for… pic.twitter.com/ejoKjBFHP9
— Gérald DARMANIN (@GDarmanin) March 10, 2024
“Kerosene is not for planes, it is for burning cops,” protesters chanted during this rally as part of International Women’s Day.
“Scandalous” remarks for Darmanin
The general secretary of the SGP Police Unit, Grégory Joron, reported this Sunday morning, according to the police union, these calls to the minister, who decided to take legal action.
In a message posted on X (formerly Twitter), Gérald Darmanin describes these comments as “scandalous”.
“I am contacting the Paris public prosecutor,” he wrote, adding: “Everything will be done to find those responsible for this incitement to commit a crime.”