The Paris public prosecutor had requested a criminal trial, noting that some riot police officers “armed with batons and shields” had “repeatedly struck non-hostile demonstrators” who were on the ground or “trying to come out with their hands raised”.
The officers are charged with aggravated intentional violence by a person holding public authority. If found guilty they face up to seven years in prison and a €100,000 (£87,000) fine.,(…)
Laurent-Franck Liénard, defending the officers, said context was important and that day “my clients were faced with hundreds and hundreds of demonstrators with an extraordinary level of violence”.
Wish we had this in the states
First you need to build a citizen society like in France, being ready to strike and burn tires EVERY time your government does some stupid shit.
Silent slaves (no, holding signs isn’t rioting) will never receive anything resembling justice.
Civil rights are always taken, never granted.
And people still speak about the retirement reform which had everybody in the street. They passed it but it haunt them, every law they propose, one of the counter party propose to reverse the retirement law.