00:15Mandatory credit: Maxence Jost @JostMaxenc6873
Clashes erupted between demonstrators and officers outside a police station in Bordeaux on Tuesday, as activists gathered to demand the release of protesters arrested in a May Day rally a day earlier.
Footage shows police in riot gear using pepper spray to disperse the demonstrators and quell the unrest.
According to local media, as many as 100 protesters gathered in front of the city’s central police station in support of the detained demonstrators.
Five arrests were made for contempt and violence against persons holding public authority, according to Bordeaux police.
Twenty-three protesters were arrested on Monday in the streets of Bordeaux during a demonstration attended by 12,000 people. Authorities accuse them of hiding their faces, throwing firecrackers at law enforcers and using fireworks.
France: Clashes as protesters gather outside Bordeaux police station to demand release of detained activists
Clashes erupted between demonstrators and officers outside a police station in Bordeaux on Tuesday, as activists gathered to demand the release of protesters arrested in a May Day rally a day earlier.
Footage shows police in riot gear using pepper spray to disperse the demonstrators and quell the unrest.
According to local media, as many as 100 protesters gathered in front of the city’s central police station in support of the detained demonstrators.
Five arrests were made for contempt and violence against persons holding public authority, according to Bordeaux police.
Twenty-three protesters were arrested on Monday in the streets of Bordeaux during a demonstration attended by 12,000 people. Authorities accuse them of hiding their faces, throwing firecrackers at law enforcers and using fireworks.
Mandatory credit: Maxence Jost @JostMaxenc6873
Clashes erupted between demonstrators and officers outside a police station in Bordeaux on Tuesday, as activists gathered to demand the release of protesters arrested in a May Day rally a day earlier.
Footage shows police in riot gear using pepper spray to disperse the demonstrators and quell the unrest.
According to local media, as many as 100 protesters gathered in front of the city’s central police station in support of the detained demonstrators.
Five arrests were made for contempt and violence against persons holding public authority, according to Bordeaux police.
Twenty-three protesters were arrested on Monday in the streets of Bordeaux during a demonstration attended by 12,000 people. Authorities accuse them of hiding their faces, throwing firecrackers at law enforcers and using fireworks.