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French police draw guns on protesting farmer

Summary by The Local - Fr
A farming union has lodged an official complaint after police drew their guns on a farmer taking part in a tractor protest in south-west France.

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On Saturday 27 December, in Auch (Gers), several police officers directed their weapon at a farmer behind the wheel of his tractor who was waging a punching action by pouring slurry on the news agency La Défêche du...

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In Auch (Gers), the tension has risen between the demonstrators and the police, a peacekeeper has pulled out his weapon. The Rural Coordination has denounced a gesture which it considers shameful. - Agricultureur put on by a policeman: "They want to make us look like breakers", the anger of the president of the Rural Coordination of Gers, on LCI (Topics of society).

A Gers farmer was arrested on Saturday night in Auch after police officers took out their weapons during a protest action on the tractor. The Rural Coordination seized the IGPN and denounced a disproportionate intervention against a protester who was not in danger. A farmer arrested under the threat of weapons in Auch: a trade union

On Saturday evening in Auch (Gers), police officers drew their weapons to stop a farmer in the act of driving his tractor. He was arrested.

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The Local - Fr broke the news in France on Monday, December 29, 2025.
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