The proliferation of recent social crises and their exponential violence have made LBDs indispensable in his eyes. So much so that there is, he says, “no question of withdrawing them”. Guest of France Info this Wednesday, July 5, the boss of the senatorial right, Bruno Retailleau, warned of the risks that the banning of defensive ball throwers would run, at a time when, “in France, we want to kill of the cop”. A statement the day after the announcement of the death of a young man in Marseille, on the sidelines of the riots.
According to the prosecution, the 27-year-old victim died of a probable “violent shock to the chest” caused by a “flash-ball type” projectile. Since then, several members of the Nupes have called for this equipment to be banned. “Stop facies checks, LBDs,” tweeted ecologist Sandrine Rousseau in particular.
“Between tear gas and firearms, you need an intermediate weapon. Our law enforcement must be able to protect themselves. There is therefore no question of removing the flash-ball”, replied Bruno Retailleau, while reaffirming his support for the police “who risk their lives” and who are regularly confronted with “urban guerrilla situations” .
Similarly, and while several right-wing and RN elected officials are calling for the suspension of allowances for families of repeat offenders, the elected LR from Vendée said he was in favor of such a measure “for parents who are unable to exercise their parental authority”. And to add: “I do not see why the company would pay them family allowances”.
Finally, asked about the statements of the President of the Republicans Éric Ciotti, who pleads for the forfeiture of French nationality of dual nationals “convicted” on the sidelines of the riots, Bruno Retailleau assured not “not” to be “shocked”. “Certainly, they are French by their identity, but unfortunately for the second, third generation, there is a kind of regression towards ethnic origins” which must, according to him, “question us”, he judged. An exit immediately criticized by La France Insoumise, which immediately accused him of “racism”.
