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Demonstrations against the extreme right: “There may be a lot of black blocs,” explains the spokesperson for a police union
Demonstrations against the extreme right: “There may be a lot of black blocs,” explains the spokesperson for a police union
(franceinfo)
Security issues will also be at the heart of the demonstrations on June 15 and 16. 21,000 police officers and gendarmes are mobilized in the territory. Réda Belhaj, spokesperson for the Unité SGP Île-de-France union, spoke on the subject on the 12/13 info set.
Réda Belhaj, spokesperson for the Unité SGP Île-de-France union, says she shares her colleagues’ concerns about the potential violence that could break out during the demonstrations on June 15 and 16. “We know that there are going to be black blocs, antifa activists, radicalized activists who want to do battle with the police”he explains.
The mobilized police officers carried out the previous evening “recognition course”particularly to find “weapons by destination”. According to Réda Belhaj, the police, who also intervened all week, are “tired”. “We are going to have restrictions on June 30 and July 7. We are not safe from a manifestation of anger on one side or the other”, he continues. According to him, the problem is to be able to locate violent individuals “without calling into question the physical integrity of the demonstrators.”
