What Is the Profile of Breakers and Degradation Actors?
6 Articles
6 Articles
After a Saturday, October 17 with violence on the margins of the protests, the Minister of the Interior points the finger at the perpetrators of the violence: ultra-left groups, black blocs and what he calls "opportunism" crime.
Supermarkets but also clothing shops or independent shops were targeted by breakers on the margins of the processions.
Faced with the degradations on the margins of the processions, sociologist Stéphane Sirot analyses the boundary between peaceful protest and overflows, pointing to political instrumentalisation and the strategy of power...
Benoit Payan describes the situation in Marseille after several incidents on Saturday morning, on the sidelines of the afternoon protest.
On Saturday, 17 October, Mulhouse had never experienced such violence against the law enforcement forces, nor such harassment on urban furniture, the symbols of the Republic such as the town hall, the headquarters of the municipal police, on high-end signs and banks. Black blocks from Germany and Switzerland reportedly infiltrated local groups of breakers.
Violence and degradation were committed through the Hexagon on the margins of the main processions on Saturday, 17 October 2026. Among these young people, there are mainly ultra-left breakers and unclaimed looters.
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