Thomas Portes

Thomas Portes wrote that young people were mobilizing in Bastille and accused Minister Nunez of once again organizing police violence, which he believed brought shame upon the country. He stated that a power relying solely on force would not last long, declared that victory was close, and urged young people not to give up. #Justice #Révolte #Liberté (translated)

“there has been a shift from a peaceful and calm mobilization to a disproportionate intervention by the police, with charges, use of shields and tear gas” Thomas Portes, deputy of La France Insoumise (Lfi), present at the mobilization, denounced how “there has been a shift from a peaceful and calm mobilization to a disproportionate intervention by the police, with charges, use of shields and tear gas,” he declared to BfmTv. #Francia #Proteste #Polizia (translated)

Thomas Portes wrote that the police charged students and elected officials in front of Sciences Po in the morning and hit them with truncheons. He deemed the young people's demands legitimate and condemned a violent repression that he considered undignified for the Republic. https://t.co/WjJlteEsSj #SciencesPo #République #Liberté (translated)

Thomas Portes stated that an Air France flight was scheduled to depart the Roissy-CDG airport the next day for Tel Aviv, carrying military cargo produced in France and intended for the Israeli company Elbit Systems. He indicated that the CGT-Solidaires union coalition was calling on Air France to cancel the flight and that employees would take all possible measures to avoid being complicit in the genocide in Gaza. #AirFrance #Gaza #Solidarité (translated)

Thomas Portes believed that these images marked a turning point. He described helmeted riot police equipped with shields marching forward in a Parisian university to dislodge students gathered in a general assembly. He presented this intervention as a repression used as a last resort by a power he deemed to be in a state of decomposition. https://t.co/g3G6whcNzt #Répression #Universités #France (translated)

Thomas Portes stated that riot police had entered the Sorbonne campus while students were gathering for a general assembly. He believed that France was sliding into another regime that evening under the orders of Macron and Nunez, whom he referred to in a derogatory manner. https://t.co/QdKMDTOYxV #Sorbonne #France #Étudiants (translated)

Thomas Portes stated that a 15-year-old high school student had his hand torn off by a disencirclement grenade in front of his high school in Lens. He accused the police, in Macron's France, of blinding and mutilating mobilized high school students, describing these acts as police brutality rather than law enforcement. He expressed his support for the young man and sent his thoughts to his family and loved ones. #Lycéen #Police #Violence (translated)

Thomas Portes wrote that French police officers had their faces concealed, which he described as illegal. He indicated that the national policing framework prohibited the wearing of balaclavas for personnel operating in this context, and then asked Laurent Nuñez whether he would respond. #Police #Manifestation #France (translated)

The hatred that is once again being directed at @BallyBagayoko has nothing to do with his commitment and support for the high school students in struggle. It is solely racism. Nothing else. These people have not come to terms with the fact that a black man became mayor of Saint-Denis and that he is rebellious! #racisme #solidarité #engagement (translated)