The video, which has been running for 24 hours on the networks, has aroused many reactions. On a short sequence filmed at the demonstration in Nantes on Saturday afternoon, we see a dark car crossing the crowd at high speed, boarding grids, under the boos of several people who came to protest against the pension reform. According to the site Contre Attaque, “an unmarked police car with a flashing light drove into a roadblock at the crossroads of trams, narrowly missing killing protesters. »
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The vehicle seen in the video does not belong to the police but to the gendarmerie. But the scene was indeed filmed during the demonstration. According to the gendarmerie, this unmarked car was there for another purpose than to frame the parade: “The gendarmes intervened a little earlier in Treillères, where a man was to be hospitalized at the Nantes University Hospital, reports a source from the gendarmerie. The Sdis firefighters asked to be escorted and went to the shortest possible time. They crossed the demonstration without difficulty. »
According to the same source, the demonstrators then changed their attitude when they saw the police arrive. “Objects were thrown, individuals wanted to block the vehicle and degraded it. The gendarmes had to force to get out of this attack. According to the gendarmerie, no injuries were recorded and an investigation for violence against a person holding public authority was opened.