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Renewed clashes in Paris between police and protesters against the “comprehensive security” bill for the second Saturday in a row, as sporadic acts of violence occurred, police arrested some 30 protesters, and marches were held in others cities.
The Al-Jazeera correspondent said that the violent clashes reached the Place de la République (in the center of Paris), after the police were heavily deployed in the vicinity of the square to prevent the arrival of protesters.
The Al-Jazeera correspondent confirmed that the authorities arrested 30 protesters during their attempt to disperse the protesters in Republic Square and other streets.
Police used batons, gas pumps and water cannons to disperse the protesters, while the protesters tried to respond with fireworks to prevent the advance of security forces.
Groups of “blackblocks” appeared, wearing completely black clothes and black veils, which prevented their identification, and attacked the police forces to prevent the demonstrations from ending.
Members of the “Yellow Jackets” movement – which has organized anti-inequality rallies in France for the past two years – have contributed to the current protests, raising slogans such as “Everyone hates the police.”
Firefighters intervention avenue Gambetta in #Paris : at least three vehicles burned at the head of #manifestation against #Precarite #ViolencesPolicieres #LoiSecuriteGlobale # 5 december pic.twitter.com/PpwQhQvne2
– Thibault Izoret (@ TIM_7375) December 5, 2020
The videos showed burned cars and damaged buildings and shops, while security forces accused groups of protesters of throwing Molotov cocktails.
🔺 DIRECT INFO🔻 Avenue Gambetta: cars on fire #SecuriteGlobale.#StopLoiSecuriteGlobale pic.twitter.com/nH5ojVmxqZ
– HORS-ZONE PRESS (@HZ_Press) December 5, 2020
Earlier on Saturday night, the correspondent in the Plaza de la República quoted a security source as saying that the groups that clashed with the police are the same that clashed with the police a week ago in the Plaza de la República. and other streets of the capital, adding that the security alert level was raised.
Departure from #FreedomMarch in Paris #StopLoiSecuriteGlobale
Very imposing police device! pic.twitter.com/aEYHqLyG2p– Brains not available (@CerveauxNon) December 5, 2020
According to those calling these demonstrations, 90 rallies and demonstrations will take place in France before midnight, despite laws prohibiting gatherings due to the Corona pandemic.
Unions did not participate in the call to demonstrate today, and the police were deployed in places where protesters gathered in several cities to prevent the outbreak of violence and force the population to disperse in compliance with the laws to contain the pandemic.
#Montpellier The meeting becomes #manifestation The procession against the #LoiSecuriteGlobale in the direction of Saint-Roch station pic.twitter.com/28DZFNWdhh
– viaOccitanie (@viaOccitanieTV) December 5, 2020
Macron statements
Earlier, French President Emmanuel Macron said, in an interview with the widespread online platform “Brut”, that the allegations of reduced freedoms were “a big lie”, adding: “We are not Hungary or Turkey.”
Macron said that there are cases of violence perpetrated by members of the police, but the accusation cannot be linked to the entire apparatus, denouncing the repetition of the phrase “police violence”, which according to him has become “a slogan for those who have a political project that wants to weaken one of the state institutions “.
Paris police use tear gas against protesters (Reuters)Macron had withdrawn his support for the controversial “comprehensive security” bill and said it would be reformulated. In reference to article 24 of the bill.
The article stipulates a penalty of one year in prison and a fine of 45 euros for those who disseminate images of policemen and gendarmes while they work.
Le Monde newspaper claimed that what it described as the strategic withdrawal of Macron and his allies comes after the departure of 130,000 protesters last Saturday in France, noting that the bill faced strong opposition from journalists’ unions, the left opposition, defenders of public liberties and even some. Members of the ruling majority.
Police hide during clashes in Paris (Reuters)
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