[Dargo]

The violence used by the security forces is objectively disproportionate. The sharp increase in violence by the security forces is not proportional to the increase in aggressive protesters, there are more agitated individuals throwing stones, but compared to what the police can do, it is peanuts. The problem is that French security forces do not target individuals, but the whole group. The police seem to treat protests as a fight between two equal partners, but the job of the police is not to fight with protesters, but to maintain order. For a few years now, and certainly since the chaotic Yellow Jacket protests, there has been talk of a zero-tolerance policy. In the past, like the student revolt in May 1968, we have also seen extremely violent protests. But then the police knew better how to control their frustrations, even when people threw stones, Molotov cocktails and insulted policemen.