More than 1,200 “Black Blocks” were present in margin of the procession. They were already in first line of the processions at the time of the demonstrations against the law Work or at the time of the gatherings in Our–Lady–of–Landes. The “Black Blocks” once again made speak about them this Tuesday, May 1 at the time of the traditional procession.
At the time of the traditional procession celebrating the Labour Day this May 1st in Paris, of the hooded individuals in particular a McDonald‘s and a car driving school, a SDF and CRS in Paris attacked.
A trade–union gathering which quickly transferred with confrontation when several hundreds of hooded individuals took a stand on the bridge of Austerlitz and boulevard of the Hospital by largely disturbing the procession launched by the CGT trade unions, Interdependent, FSU and FO, as well as the trade union studied Unef, and high–school pupil, UNL.
CGT had called with 240 demonstrations or gatherings a little everywhere in France. Between 143,500 (ministry for the Interior) and 210,000 people (CGT) ravelled in all the country this 1st–May. They were between 20,000 (prefecture) and 55,000 (CGT) in Paris where the procession was constrained to change direction after violent incidents burst between 1,200 hooded individuals, of the “black blocks”, and the police. Approximately 200 people were challenged in Paris.
The procession, party of the place of the Bastille around 15:00, was diverted at the request of the police headquarter for finally gaining the place of Italy in the 13th district of the capital in the end of the afternoon.
A Mac Donald ‘ S, a machine of building site, cars in particular were burnt boulevard of the Hospital causing of short starting points of fire just like a Renault concession or of many cars and the franprix; a SDF was attacked by a “black blocks” with the knife, 22 companies of CRS were mobilized to disperse these “black blocks” with tear–gas grenades and water cannons.
4 individuals were stopped for wearing of prohibited weapon of which an individual who was the attacker of the SDF on the boulevard the Hospital. A police officer was wounded slightly and three people, “demonstrators or idlers”, were assumptions of responsibility by the firemen for light wounds indicated the Prefect of police of Paris, Michel Delpuech, in the evening.
At the time E its visit with the police in a Parisian police station, Édouard Philippe condemned “the irresponsibility of the radical speeches which encourage such intrigues” after violences which burst in margin of the demonstration in Paris. In an official statement, the Prime Minister “condemns with greatest firmness these violences” by greeting “the professionalism of the police” which “knew to answer with control” “acts of a great violence”.
Emmanuel Macron condemns “with an absolute firmness violences” which “canted the processions of May 1st”.
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