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Press Briefs reported nearly 7,000 police custody cases, 86% of which involved minors, and indicated that the majority had not led to legal proceedings at this stage. The account described these arrests as a massive and unprecedented measure aimed at containing the mobilization of young people. Several cited observers viewed this as a form of intimidation, while Press Briefs believed this practice infringed on the right to protest and risked normalizing disproportionate police and judicial responses. The account added that the preventive use of police custody had already been documented during the Yellow Vests movement. Relying on independent press articles, Press Briefs relayed testimonies from high school students reporting violent detention conditions, symptoms of post-traumatic stress, forced undressings, and physical or psychological violence. A 15-year-old reportedly recounted being slammed against a concrete bed and hit on the head by police and then insulted. A complaint had been filed, according to the account, which also indicated that the police prefecture had not responded to Mediapart's questions about the reported statements. Mohammed, a 16-year-old high school student in Saint-Denis, reportedly stated that police had hit the bars of his cell during the night to wake up the detainees and had targeted him with a racist insult. The mother of Noham, also 16, claimed that her son had been hit in the liver and face after asking why he had been arrested. Adam's mother also denounced violence against young protesters. Press Briefs added that several teenage girls and boys reported sexist and racist remarks from police, and complaints had been filed. Anne Savinel-Barras, president of Amnesty International France, expressed her concern over the repression of the student movement, believing that the young people's demands for education and health were met with prohibitions on demonstrations and disproportionate police violence. The NGO stated that it would support people peacefully protesting and defend the right to demonstrate. The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights also expressed concern about the situation in France and notably called for a proportional use of force. #jeunesse #manifestation #répression (translated)

The author approved a critique of a "racist double standard." He compared the beatings that, according to him, had mutilated Gallic Yellow Vests to the police's hesitation to respond firmly to murder attempts and ambushes, out of fear of triggering riots. https://t.co/8YAN0zYVKv #Racisme #Injustice #ViolencePolicière #FR (translated)

Eriks Zarahovics believed that there are enough votes in the new Saeima to change Latvian Television and Latvian Radio and to free them from what he perceives as the influence associated with Smolensk and progressives. He described this influence derogatorily and added that reducing and diminishing bureaucracy will not be sufficient for the security of the national state. #Latvija #mediji #politika (translated)

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)

Ilan Gabet wrote that two police officers, one armed with a baton and the other with a LBD, turned back in the face of young people mobilized behind a barricade. He noted that the images were filmed in front of the Catholic Institute of Paris. https://t.co/NTrmR31QPA #Police #Mobilisation #Paris (translated)

Press briefs reported that Acrimed denounced the media treatment of the high school student movement. According to this organization, editorialists, by relaying the government’s thesis of manipulation by LFI, were obscuring the demands of the youth and contributing to justifying repression. https://t.co/TJycoa0UNx #média #répression #lycéen (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)

Pedro Otamendi wrote that Félix Bolaños had said that the amnesty was agreed upon to gather the 176 necessary votes. Otamendi maintained that this explanation had revealed, in his opinion, the true reason for the agreement, despite the references to coexistence. https://t.co/r5pbqwkXVp #amnistía #política #España (translated)

"They are insulted, they are hit, they are mocked when they are on the ground with tear gas in their eyes, there is no restraint, no attempt by the law enforcement to de-escalate the situation." "The diploma, not the truncheons," wrote Lisa, 22, who is marching in Paris. #ViolencesPolicières #ManifestationLycéenne #Éducation (translated)

Anthony Smith stated that the police had gassed high school students without giving them a way out. He deemed the situation unacceptable and believed that the Republic should protect the youth rather than hit them. #6octobre https://t.co/2GxKnQiopU #Police #Justice #République (translated)

Jean-Luc Mélenchon described the image as extraordinary and wrote that the youth had mobilized, united, and disciplined for their future. He claimed that their determination and discipline had overwhelmed the forces of disorder, truncheons, and LBDs. https://t.co/KbYTq19TEz #jeunesse #mobilisation #avenir (translated)

Jean-Luc Mélenchon wrote that all the youth were in the streets and that things were going well where the police were not present. He accused Lecornu of gassing and beating the protesters to provoke disorder and violence, and of wanting to present himself as the party of order in view of the presidential election to make people forget the budgetary chaos he attributed to Macron, Philippe, and Attal. #Justice #Jeunesse #République (translated)

The author believed that Bolloré's campaign in favor of Macron regarding the question of the country's children had a certain effect. He called for not abandoning those who asked to mobilize against the government to save France due to ideological differences. #France #politique #Bolloré #FR (translated)

The villainous syndicalist claimed that children had been affected by violence including a severed hand, a punctured eye, and an attempted drowning. He also mentioned several attempts at murder committed by ramming with cars, hundreds of people beaten with truncheons, and thousands injured by tear gas. #violence #enfants #droitsdelhomme (translated)

Julián Macías Tovar stated that, less than five minutes later, Ayuso and Abascal were already talking about mail-in voting and electoral fraud, and he argued that they were repeating Trump’s talking points, sent from Washington. https://t.co/v3L5TOUoJ7 #Elecciones #FraudeElectoral #Política (translated)

The author wrote that the socialists would be alongside the high school students the next day and called for a general assembly dedicated to them so that they could be heard. He believed that the authorities should not oppose the youth or resort to force, but rather protect them. https://t.co/6DM9xtkRDq #Éducation #Jeunesse #Politique #FR (translated)

Jānis Iesalnieks predicted that Šuvajevs would soon take Briškena's "mattress" in the LSM premises and would talk from morning until evening about how important and right it would be to include the Progressives in the government. In the recording, he noted Andris Kulbergs. #DejaVu #Briškena #Progresīvi #LSM (translated)

The villainous trade unionist denounced the refusal to grant the right to vote to 16-year-olds, justified according to him by their lack of maturity. He contrasted this position with the treatment reserved, in his view, for young people who defended their demands, citing blows, beatings, tear gas, arrests, and eye injuries. #DroitDeVote #Jeunesse #LibertéDExpression (translated)