r/ThatsInsane • u/Citaszion • 1d ago

The Mayor of France’s second biggest city (Marseille), the General Secretary of the National Police union, and shop owners talk about the way the police handled lootings/riots

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u/LaGwossePapasse 10h ago

Not a single comment about the obvious use of repressive force and propaganda from the government.

Talk about it ffs.

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u/NoVacBanPlease 4h ago

I'm french, i and i believe all french people know that this mayor, as an example, is the problem. 2 possibilities :

  • Mayor and préfets gave orders to step aside, but he can't admit it because it would be a shame to treat the people of the city like he did (letting looters go and break)
  • Police stepped aside by their own, and so we are in a much deeper problem where either they were afraid (which is totally understandable and human) or they agree with the angry movements as they are angry themselfs.
(Looters are not of course the one carrying revendications)

In any ways, our politician use violence as a propaganda to show that their are on the side of the poor people who took damages and against the looters (and who wouldn't be?) and throw the legitimate revendications on the second priority ( because this is against them !)

Pardon my english